Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Sand Lane Solar Farm
Sand Lane Solar Farm is a planned power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 20.2 MW of capacity, operated by PS Renewables Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sand Lane Solar Farm, West of Manton, DN21 3HY | 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 | 4 Jun 2025 (ref. PA/2025/620, North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PS Renewables Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20.2 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 | 32.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5029, -0.6103 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Sand Lane Solar Farm is the 1,198th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,873rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20.2 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,198th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,873rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,865th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 412 grid connections (166 operating, 2,341 MW), 157 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 20 MW grid connection at Manton Solar Farm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Hibaldstow | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Solar 13 MW grid connection at Gainsborough Road North Solar | Grid connection | 13 MW | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Solar 35 MW grid connection at Sweeting Thorns Solar | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Bottesford | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Scunthorpe South | Substation | — | — | 8.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 36 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- 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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.