Power plant · West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Sunnica Energy Farm (East and West)
Sunnica Energy Farm (East and West) is a permitted power plant in West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by Sunnica.
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 | West Suffolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land 4.5km East of Burwell and Land 2.5km South-West of Mildenhall | 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 |
| Part of | Sunnica Energy Farm (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Jul 2024 (permit EN010106, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Nov 2021 (reference EN010106, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jul 2024 (granted, reference EN010106, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sunnica | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 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 | 622 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3252, 0.4863 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Sunnica Energy Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010106) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010106)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010106)
- Permit applied for: Sunnica Energy Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010106) · source
How it compares
Sunnica Energy Farm (East and West) is the 70th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 107th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 500 MW is 0.17% 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 | 70th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.27% |
| United Kingdom | 107th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 249th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 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.
- © 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.
- 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.