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Eakring Solar Farm
Eakring Solar Farm is operational in Newark and Sherwood with a recorded capacity of 11.9 MW, and has been generating since 2015-03-20.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-05-09 |
| Permission granted | 2014-10-08 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-03-20 5 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Newark and Sherwood’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Stonish Hill (Bilsthorpe) Wind Onshore · Operational | 10.3 | 0.4 km |
Stud Farm, Rufford (Farm AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.2 | 1 km |
Cheesecake Energy Air Energy Storage Compressed Air Energy Storage · Operational | — | 1.3 km |
Bilsthorpe Quarry Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 1.6 km |
Bilsthorpe (Land off Forest Lane) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.6 km |
Rufford Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.6 | 3.7 km |
Land South Off Ollerton Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.2 | 4.6 km |
Westwood Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.1 | 9.6 km |
How big is Eakring Solar Farm?
Eakring Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 11.9 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Eakring Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Lightsource Renewable Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Eakring Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-05-09. Permission was granted on 2014-10-08, 5 months later. The site became operational on 2015-03-20, 5 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 2320.
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