Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Windsock Solar Farm
Windsock Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Trio Windsock Solar Farm 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 (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land immediately north of RAF Cranwell RAF base, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Sept 2027 (reference EN0110045, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected September 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Trio Windsock Solar Farm Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0520, -0.4842 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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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Windsock Solar Farm is the 234th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 401st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 234th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 401st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,267th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (11 operating, 30.8 MW), 13 substations, 4 transmission lines and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 38 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.
- 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.
- 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.