Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ravens Close
Ravens Close is a cancelled power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 3.8 MW of capacity, operated by Tau Solar.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land south of Ravens Close Brow, Low Bentham | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jul 2015 (reference 08/2015/15982, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Oct 2015 (refused, reference 08/2015/15982, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tau Solar | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.8 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 | 6.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1332, -2.5418 | 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 refused (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 08/2015/15982)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 08/2015/15982)
How it compares
Ravens Close is the 2,440th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,623rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.8 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,440th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,623rd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,447th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 204 grid connections (105 operating, 969 MW), 145 substations, 1 transmission line and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Bentham Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Bentham | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Melling | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Ingleton | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| FP0290 - Solar Farm - Hophouse Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 8.8 km |
| Caton Moor Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 38 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.