Power plant · South Holland, England, United Kingdom
Pilgrims Pride - Solar Array
Pilgrims Pride - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in South Holland, England, United Kingdom, with 1.64 MW of capacity, operated by EDF Energy Renewables.
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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pilgrims Pride Limited, Fulney Lane North, Spalding, PE12 6EP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Jul 2025 (permit H16-0871-24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Oct 2024 (reference H16-0871-24, planning authority South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Jul 2025 (granted, reference H16-0871-24, planning authority South Holland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EDF Energy Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.64 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 | 4.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7966, -0.1245 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority South Holland, reference H16-0871-24)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Holland, reference H16-0871-24)
How it compares
Pilgrims Pride - Solar Array is the 1,909th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,893rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.64 MW is <0.1% 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 | 1,909th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,893rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,106th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 36 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.