Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
The Tween Bridge Solar Farm
The Tween Bridge Solar Farm is a planned battery storage plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Aktiengesellschaft.
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 Aktiengesellschaft (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | 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 103rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 154th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.14% 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 | 103rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.23% |
| United Kingdom | 154th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 361st of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
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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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.