Solar · United Kingdom
Desford Road, Thurlaston
Awaiting Construction40 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 September 2020
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Elgin Energy EsCo
- Location
- Field No 8236, Hinckley Road, Land To South And West Of, Desford Road, Thurlaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 7TD, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Blaby
- Planning application
- 18/0242/FUL
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Timeline
- 27 March 2018 Planning application submitted
- 17 September 2018 Planning permission granted
- 17 September 2021 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom
The register holds 86 incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom, 59 of them fires, and 344 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
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