Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Maltby Solar Farm
Maltby Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Energy Services Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Rotherham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Of Stainton Lane At Maltby Colliery Stainton, S65 1AF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2025 (reference 25/01554/FULM, planning authority Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Energy Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4319, -1.3517 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Maltby Solar Farm is the 422nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 755th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 422nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 755th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,832nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 500 grid connections (194 operating, 2,033 MW), 333 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawmarsh Road 1_2 Direct | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Rawmarsh Road 3_4 Direct | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Gas 8 MW grid connection at Park Street Direct | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 2.12 MW grid connection at Templeborough 33/11kV | Grid connection | 2.12 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Park Street Direct | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Biomass 42.75 MW grid connection at Templeborough Biomass | Grid connection | 42.8 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
More from Infinis Energy Services Limited
- Litchardon Cross Solar Farm49.9 MW
- South Pargillis - Battery Storage42 MW · permitted
- Maltby Solar Farm20 MW · planned
- Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage16 MW · permitted
- Portmanmoor Road Industrial Estate, Splott - Battery Storage Units10 MW · permitted
- Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage7 MW · permitted
- Rigby PV+BESS grid connection4.26 MW
- Rigby Houghton Landfill grid connection4 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.