Power plant · North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley is a permitted power plant in North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by AGR Power 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 Hertfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The North And East Of Great Wymondley, SG4 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (secretary of state, granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Mar 2024 (permit 21/03380/FP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Dec 2021 (reference 21/03380/FP, planning authority North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2024 (secretary of state granted, reference 21/03380/FP, planning authority North Hertfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AGR Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 88 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9424, -0.2332 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (secretary of state granted, planning authority North Hertfordshire, reference 21/03380/FP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Hertfordshire, reference 21/03380/FP)
How it compares
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 478th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 51 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 39 substations, 13 grid connections (7 operating, 74.2 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 32 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 40 km |
| Harefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 42 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.