Power plant · Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a solar power plant under construction in Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Ethical Power.
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 | Telford and Wrekin (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Cheswell Grange Farm, Cheswell Drive, Cheswell, Newport, TF10 9AE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 29 Jun 2022 (permit TWC/2021/1225, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Dec 2021 (reference TWC/2021/1225, planning authority Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Jun 2022 (granted, reference TWC/2021/1225, planning authority Telford and Wrekin) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ethical Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 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 | 36.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7461, -2.4251 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Telford and Wrekin, reference TWC/2021/1225)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Telford and Wrekin, reference TWC/2021/1225)
How it compares
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 901st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,465th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 901st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,465th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,118th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 44 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 47 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 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.
- © 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.