Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
The Tween Bridge Solar Farm
The Tween Bridge Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 800 MW of capacity, operated by RWE.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Moor Owners Rd, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5RX | 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 |
| Part of | Tween Bridge Solar Farm (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2025 (reference EN010148, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 800 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 | 1,831 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6216, -0.9334 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010148)
- Permit applied for: Tween Bridge Solar Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010148) · source
How it compares
The Tween Bridge Solar Farm is the 47th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 75th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 800 MW is 0.27% 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 | 47th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.43% |
| United Kingdom | 75th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.27% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 134th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.12% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 448 grid connections (228 operating, 2,820 MW), 317 substations, 7 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.5 MW grid connection at Thorne | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Thorne | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Wind 44 MW grid connection at Tween Bridge Windfarm | Grid connection | 44 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Solar 3.5 MW grid connection at Thorne | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Stainforth | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Rawcliffe | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- 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.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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