Power plant · Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Silver Lane, Risley - Solar Farm
Silver Lane, Risley - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Warrington, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Biffa Waste Services 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 | Warrington (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Risley Landfill Silver Lane, Risley, WA3 6BY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Aug 2023 (permit 2022/42796, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Dec 2022 (reference 2022/42796, planning authority Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Aug 2023 (granted, reference 2022/42796, planning authority Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biffa Waste Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 9.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4385, -2.4996 | 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 researchHow it compares
Silver Lane, Risley - Solar Farm is the 1,613th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,484th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 1,613th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,484th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 363 grid connections (190 operating, 1,706 MW), 344 substations, 17 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lane 5 grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Silver Lane 4 Risley grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| New Hall Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Risley | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Culcheth | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Irlam | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
Operator and place
More from Biffa Waste Services Limited
- Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road - Solar Farm7.3 MW · planned
- Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Pontefract Lane - Solar Farm4.4 MW · permitted
- Holiday Moss Landfill Site, Reeds Brow - Battery Storage3 MW · permitted
- Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar Farm2.4 MW · planned
- Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery Units2 MW · permitted
- Biffa Waste Services, Fochriw Road - Battery Storage2 MW · permitted
- Langhurst Wood Road - Hydrogen Generation Facility2 MW
- Grove Farm, Daventry Road - Solar Farm1.8 MW · planned
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.