Power plant · Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom
Westmorland Motorway Services, Tebay - Solar Array
Westmorland Motorway Services, Tebay - Solar Array is a planned solar power plant in Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom, with 1.25 MW of capacity, operated by Westmorland Family Limited.
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 | Westmorland and Furness (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay West Tebay, CA10 3SB | 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 | 18 Nov 2024 (reference 2024/2187/FPA, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Westmorland Family Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.25 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 | 2.69 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.4507, -2.6071 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 2024/2187/FPA)
How it compares
Westmorland Motorway Services, Tebay - Solar Array is the 1,526th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,392nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.25 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 | 1,526th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,392nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,639th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 72 grid connections (34 operating, 140 MW) and 53 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selsmire | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Shap | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Shap Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 8.0 km |
| Green Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49 MW | Planned | 9.1 km |
| Newbiggin on Lune | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Watchgate Water Treatement Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 11 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.