Power plant · South Holland, England, United Kingdom
Meridian Solar Farm
Meridian Solar Farm is a planned power plant in South Holland, England, United Kingdom, with 750 MW of capacity, operated by Meridian Solar Farm Ltd.
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 | South Holland (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of Peterborough, 2km NE of Crowland, 6km S of Spaling, 9km NW of Wisbech. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (examination) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Mar 2026 (reference EN010169, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Meridian Solar Farm Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 750 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,610 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7040, -0.0664 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010169) · source
Also recorded as
2 sources record Meridian Solar Farm; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Solar Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010169 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Meridian Solar Farm | asset:neso-tec:pro-002399 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Meridian Solar Farm is the 53rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 81st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 750 MW is 0.25% of the 300,461 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 | 53rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.4% |
| United Kingdom | 81st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.25% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 157th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.11% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 30 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.