Power plant · Darlington, England, United Kingdom
Whinfield Solar Farm
Whinfield Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Darlington, England, United Kingdom, with 33 MW of capacity, operated by Alpha Real Capital LLP.
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 | Darlington (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Aycliffe Village & Adj Whinfield House, Lime Lane, Brafferton, Darlington, DL1 3LE | 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 | 4 Oct 2022 (permit DM/21/02816/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Darlington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Aug 2021 (reference DM/21/02816/FPA, planning authority Darlington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Oct 2022 (granted, reference DM/21/02816/FPA, planning authority Darlington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Alpha Real Capital LLP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 33 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 | 42.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5941, -1.5249 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Whinfield Solar Farm is the 971st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,543rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 33 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 | 971st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,543rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,914th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 260 grid connections (130 operating, 1,282 MW), 158 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 22.99 MW grid connection at Whinfield House PV | Grid connection | 23 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Skerneside | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Solar 52 MW grid connection at Ketton Solar Direct | Grid connection | 52 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Aycliffe Forrest | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 61.9 MW grid connection at Stanley Farm Hybrid | Grid connection | 61.9 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| Aycliffe Industrial | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Operator and place
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.