Power plant · Wyre, England, United Kingdom
Snapewood Solar Farm
Snapewood Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Wyre, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Abei Energy 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 | Wyre (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Of Park Lane Winmarleigh, PR3 0JT | 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 | 5 Mar 2026 (permit 25/00294/LMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Apr 2025 (reference 25/00294/LMAJ, planning authority Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Mar 2026 (granted, reference 25/00294/LMAJ, planning authority Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Abei Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 17.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9225, -2.7972 | 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 Wyre, reference 25/00294/LMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wyre, reference 25/00294/LMAJ)
How it compares
Snapewood Solar Farm is the 1,157th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,858th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 1,157th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,858th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,928th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 274 grid connections (146 operating, 1,700 MW), 197 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Garstang | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Orchard End Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Garstang Bypass grid connection | Grid connection | 2.05 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Catterall Waterworks | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 5.8 km |
| Preesall | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 12 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.