Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park is a power plant under construction in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Statkraft UK 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Three Cocked Hat Plantation, Waplington Lane, Allerthorpe, York, YO42 4RL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Nov 2022 (permit 21/04505/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Jan 2022 (reference 21/04505/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Nov 2022 (granted, reference 21/04505/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statkraft UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 135 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9077, -0.8043 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 21/04505/STPLF)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 21/04505/STPLF)
How it compares
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 478th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 373 grid connections (181 operating, 2,409 MW), 196 substations, 3 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayton | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Sandhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Waste 1.995 MW grid connection at Southgate | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 8.1 km |
| Belthorpe Lane | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 8.4 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 28 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 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.
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- 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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