Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Windmill Farm Solar Farm (Old Malton)
Windmill Farm Solar Farm (Old Malton) is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 30.4 MW of capacity, operated by Harmony 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Great Sike Road, YO17 6SB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 26 Feb 2025 (permit 23/00046/MFULE, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jan 2023 (ref. 23/00046/MFULE, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Feb 2025 (appeal granted, ref. 23/00046/MFULE, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Oct 2023 (refused, ref. 23/00046/MFULE, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Harmony Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30.4 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 | 52.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1642, -0.7924 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Windmill Farm Solar Farm (Old Malton) is the 988th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,566th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.4 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 | 988th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,566th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,976th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 174 grid connections (78 operating, 1,050 MW), 81 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 61.9 MW grid connection at Harmony BESS | Grid connection | 61.9 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Malton Grid | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Malton | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Gas 2.5 MW grid connection at Malton | Grid connection | 2.5 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Solar 40 MW grid connection at Deerholme Farm Solar | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Thornton Dale | Substation | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Harmony Energy
- Darlington Road, Skeeby55 MW
- Chapel Farm49.5 MW
- Darlington Road, Skeeby - Battery Energy Storage35 MW · under construction
- Holes Bay15 MW
- Windmill Farm Solar Farm (Old Malton)12.6 MW · permitted
- Broadditch Battery Energy11 MW
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- 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.
- 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.