South Creake is a 26.001155 MW solar power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Lightsource. Ranked #35 of 1175 solar plants in the United Kingdom. Its 26.001155 MW represents 0.3% of the UK's total solar capacity of 8,708 MW. The largest solar plant in the United Kingdom is Shotwick at 72 MW, making South Creake 2.8 times smaller. Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Race Bank Wind Farm (573 MW, Wind) and Dudgeon East (402 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Norfolk, approximately 30 km north of Norwich.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 488. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #17,505 worldwide by installed capacity
- #1,795 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
- 0.02% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Lightsource operates 2 plants totalling 31 MW
248 plants within 100 km, 12,904 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
South Creake is a solar power plant producing approximately 41 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~41 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Solar
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United Kingdom- Continent
- Europe
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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