Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Siniat, Kirkhaw Lane - Solar PV Panels
Siniat, Kirkhaw Lane - Solar PV Panels is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 2.95 MW of capacity, operated by Etex Building Performance 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Siniat Limited, Kirkhaw Lane, Knottingley, WF11 8UL | 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 | 23 Dec 2024 (permit 24/01954/SPN, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Nov 2024 (reference 24/01954/SPN, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Dec 2024 (granted, reference 24/01954/SPN, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Etex Building Performance Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.95 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.7250, -1.2714 | 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 granted (planning authority Wakefield, reference 24/01954/SPN)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wakefield, reference 24/01954/SPN)
How it compares
Siniat, Kirkhaw Lane - Solar PV Panels is the 1,386th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,207th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.95 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,386th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,207th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,374th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 437 grid connections (223 operating, 2,429 MW), 383 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 94.9 MW grid connection at Ferrybridge BESS Direct | Grid connection | 94.9 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Ferrybridge A 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Ferrybridge B | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Waste 28 MW grid connection at Fryston Lane Direct | Grid connection | 28 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Waste 82 MW grid connection at Fryston Lane Direct | Grid connection | 82 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.4 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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