Power plant · Ashfield, England, United Kingdom
Whiteborough Farm
Whiteborough Farm is a cancelled power plant in Ashfield, England, United Kingdom, with 2.2 MW of capacity, operated by Raw Energy.
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 | Ashfield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Whiteborough Farm, Chesterfield Road, Huthwaite, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 2QJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Feb 2016 (permit V/2015/0518, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Ashfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2015 (reference V/2015/0518, planning authority Ashfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Feb 2016 (granted, reference V/2015/0518, planning authority Ashfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Raw Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.2 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 | 4.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1402, -1.3124 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Whiteborough Farm is the 2,755th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,109th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.2 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,755th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,109th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,277th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 419 grid connections (67 operating, 668 MW), 118 substations, 7 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huthwaite Whiteborough Solar Park Chesterfield Road grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Tibshelf Huthwaite Solar Farm Twinyards Farm Back Lane grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.0 km |
| UKI262 Oilwell grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Dronfield | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Kiveton Park | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Jordanthorpe | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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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.