Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Tween Bridge Solar Farm
Tween Bridge Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom made up of 2 power plants with 1,200 MW of capacity between them, operated by RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage 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 | Doncaster (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land either side of the M180, High Level Banks (the A18) and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (recommendation) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2025 (reference EN010148, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,823 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6084, -0.9233 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for: The Tween Bridge Solar Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010148)
- Permit applied for: The Tween Bridge Solar Farm (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010148)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010148) · source
Also recorded as
2 sources record Tween Bridge Solar Farm; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tween Bridge Solar Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010148 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Tween Bridge Solar Park | asset:neso-tec:pro-001990 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and company |
How it compares by area
Tween Bridge Solar Farm is the 40th-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 44th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 1,823 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 40th of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 44th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 64th of 2,695 |
How its operator compares
RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage Limited operates 6 of the 8,060 power plants in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 220 owners have more. Counts cover the power plants in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Power plants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsource Renewable Energy | 1st | 158 | 2% |
| Anesco | 2nd | 92 | 1.1% |
| Scottish and Southern Energy | 3rd | 83 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Systems | 4th | 74 | 0.92% |
| British Solar Renewables | 5th | 62 | 0.77% |
| RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage Limited | 221st | 6 | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 450 grid connections (227 operating, 2,770 MW), 315 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 | 1.8 km |
| Wind 44 MW grid connection at Tween Bridge Windfarm | Grid connection | 44 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Thorne | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Solar 3.5 MW grid connection at Thorne | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Crowle | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Stainforth | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 2 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 1,200 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tween Bridge Solar Farm | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | — | Planned | 800 MW | 67% |
| The Tween Bridge Solar Farm | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | — | Planned | 400 MW | 33% |
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Tween Bridge Solar Park grid connection800 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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.