Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
North Ray Solar Farm, Lincoln Gate - Solar Panels
North Ray Solar Farm, Lincoln Gate - Solar Panels is a planned solar power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 98 MW of capacity, operated by TotalEnergies.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North & S/O Lincoln Gate, Ludborough, Grimsby, DN36 5SL | 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 | 15 Apr 2026 (reference 00444/26/FUL, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TotalEnergies (TotalEnergies (North Ray Solar Farm Limited), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 98 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 226 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4384, -0.0490 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lindsey, reference 00444/26/FUL)
How it compares
North Ray Solar Farm, Lincoln Gate - Solar Panels is the 298th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 491st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 98 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 298th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 491st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,422nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 177 grid connections (95 operating, 1,541 MW), 90 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 180 MW grid connection at Ludborough 2 PV Direct | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Solar 98 MW grid connection at Ludborough Solar Farm Direct | Grid connection | 98 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| North Thoresby | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Solar 7.5 MW grid connection at Keddington Road | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Louth | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 30 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 41 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 Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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