Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Salters Lane - Solar Panels
Salters Lane - Solar Panels is a planned solar power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 42 MW of capacity, operated by Grupotec Solar Uk 9 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Salters Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 | 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 | 11 Jul 2025 (reference DM/25/01801/FPA, planning authority Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Grupotec Solar Uk 9 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42 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 | 120 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5911, -0.6561 | 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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- Permit applied for (planning authority Durham, reference DM/25/01801/FPA)
How it compares
Salters Lane - Solar Panels is the 672nd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,119th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42 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 | 672nd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,119th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,300th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 213 substations, 150 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 148 grid connections (71 operating, 807 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 1.33 MW grid connection at Flackwell Heath | Grid connection | 1.33 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Beaconsfield (End Busbars) Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Beaconsfield (Middle Busbars) Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Flackwell Heath Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Derehams Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Loudwater grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| SDC M40 Campus | Data center | — | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Iron Mountain London LON-1 | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Equinix LD7 | Data center | — | — | 7.4 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.
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