Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Ray Valley Solar Farm
Ray Valley Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 19 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon.
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 | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Os Parcel 6086 Adjacent, Ploughley Road, Railway Line, Arncott, Bicester, OX25 1AB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Dec 2020 (permit 20/00285/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Feb 2020 (reference 20/00285/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Dec 2020 (granted, reference 20/00285/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19 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 | 47 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8524, -1.1242 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Cherwell, reference 20/00285/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference 20/00285/F)
How it compares
Ray Valley Solar Farm is the 1,284th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,015th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19 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 | 1,284th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,015th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,088th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 118 substations, 117 grid connections (52 operating, 518 MW) and 33 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 6.84 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Arncott Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Calcutt Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 12.4 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Supernova Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 16.3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Bicester Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 28 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.