Power plant · Guildford, England, United Kingdom
University of Surrey, Blackwell Farm - Solar Farm
University of Surrey, Blackwell Farm - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Guildford, England, United Kingdom, with 12.1 MW of capacity, operated by SSE Enterprise Contracting.
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 | Guildford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The W/O Blackwell Farm, Off West Flexford Lane, Wanborough,Guildford, GU3 1DF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Apr 2025 (permit 24/P/00441, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Guildford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Mar 2024 (ref. 24/P/00441, Guildford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Apr 2025 (granted, ref. 24/P/00441, Guildford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE Enterprise Contracting | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.1 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 | 45.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2377, -0.6220 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
University of Surrey, Blackwell Farm - Solar Farm is the 1,411th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,192nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.1 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,411th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,192nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,949th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 210 substations, 154 grid connections (87 operating, 828 MW), 1 data center and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Godalming Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Milford Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Waste 1.235 MW grid connection at Tongham | Grid connection | 1.24 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Waste 2.28 MW grid connection at Aldershot | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 9.8 km |
| Solar 15.2 MW grid connection at Farnborough 2 Generation | Grid connection | 15.2 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| SDC M40 Campus | Data center | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.