Power plant · West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
West Burton Solar Project
West Burton Solar Project is a permitted power plant in West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 480 MW of capacity, operated by Island Green Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O River Trent, S/O the A1500 & N/O Saxilby, West Lindsey, Lincoln, DN21 | 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 |
| Part of | West Burton Solar Project (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 24 Jan 2025 (permit EN010132, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Mar 2023 (reference EN010132, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jan 2025 (granted, reference EN010132, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Island Green Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 480 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 | 788 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2934, -0.6742 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010132)
- Permit granted: West Burton Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010132) · source
- Permit applied for: West Burton Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010132) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010132)
How it compares
West Burton Solar Project is the 93rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 143rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 480 MW is 0.16% of the 300,461 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 | 93rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.26% |
| United Kingdom | 143rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.16% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 305th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 194 grid connections (100 operating, 1,496 MW), 106 substations, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 8.55 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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