Power plant · Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels
Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels is a planned solar power plant in Bolton, England, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by Tesco Stores 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 | Bolton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Tesco Superstore Mansell Way, BL6 6JS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Apr 2026 (reference 00752/26, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tesco Stores Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 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 | 53.5824, -2.5290 | 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 applied for (planning authority Bolton, reference 00752/26)
How it compares
Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels is the 1,563rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,434th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,563rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,434th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,684th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 394 grid connections (218 operating, 1,974 MW), 388 substations, 20 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lostock | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Lostock Water Treatment Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 4.54 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Barkers Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Slack Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Crown Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Westhoughton | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Operator and place
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- 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
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.