Power plant · Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom
Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar Farm
Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom, with 26.4 MW of capacity, operated by Abei Energy 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 | Hyndburn (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3SN | 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 | 21 Jan 2026 (reference 11/26/0015, planning authority Hyndburn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Abei Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 26.4 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 | 34.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7238, -2.3689 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hyndburn, reference 11/26/0015)
How it compares
Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar Farm is the 1,097th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,725th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 26.4 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 | 1,097th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,725th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,330th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 473 substations, 457 grid connections (252 operating, 2,196 MW), 17 data centers, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsclough Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 26 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Hyndburn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25.1 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Hyndburn Windfarm Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 8.63 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| KAY St | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Prinny Hill | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Hyndburn RD | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- 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
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.