Power plant · Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom
Vicarage Lane, Diddington - Solar Arrays
Vicarage Lane, Diddington - Solar Arrays is a planned solar power plant in Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by Cell Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Huntingdonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Of Vicarage Lane Diddington, PE19 5XU | 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 |
| Application date | 2 Aug 2023 (reference 23/00258/FUL, planning authority Huntingdonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cell Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 45 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2761, -0.2469 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Huntingdonshire, reference 23/00258/FUL)
How it compares
Vicarage Lane, Diddington - Solar Arrays is the 762nd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,252nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 762nd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,252nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,552nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- © 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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