Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Whisby Quarry, Eagle Road - Solar Array
Whisby Quarry, Eagle Road - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, operated by Conrad Energy 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 | North Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Whisby Quarry, Eagle Road, Whisby, Lincoln, LN6 9BT | 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 | 17 Sept 2025 (permit PL/0130/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jan 2025 (reference PL/0130/24, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Sept 2025 (granted, reference PL/0130/24, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Conrad Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 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 | 21.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1967, -0.6461 | 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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Whisby Quarry, Eagle Road - Solar Array is the 1,298th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,032nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 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 | 1,298th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,032nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,156th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 334 grid connections (51 operating, 782 MW), 56 substations, 4 data centers and 4 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarmac Whisby Quarry, Whisby Floating Solar grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Tarmac Whisby Quarry, Whisby Floating Solar grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Lincoln Sadler Road Denby Stor Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Lea Road | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.