Power plant · Derbyshire Dales, England, United Kingdom
Twin Oaks Farm
Twin Oaks Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Derbyshire Dales, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Global Renewable Construction.
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 | Derbyshire Dales (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Twin Oaks Yelt Lane, Doveridge, DE6 5JW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Oct 2015 (permit 15/00527/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Derbyshire Dales) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jul 2015 (reference 15/00527/FUL, planning authority Derbyshire Dales) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Oct 2015 (granted, reference 15/00527/FUL, planning authority Derbyshire Dales) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Global Renewable Construction (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 9.76 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8987, -1.8110 | 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 granted (planning authority Derbyshire Dales, reference 15/00527/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Derbyshire Dales, reference 15/00527/FUL)
How it compares
Twin Oaks Farm is the 2,172nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 3,288th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,172nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,288th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,910th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (9 operating, 116 MW), 10 substations, 6 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Ashwood Dale | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Buxton 1 Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| Waterswallows 1 Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 14 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Tunstead Stor 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Waterswallows | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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