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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.

Capacity
26.001 MW
Commissioning Year
Owner
Lightsource
Location
52.8619°, 0.7713°

United Kingdom, Europe

Context & rankings
  • 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
Operator portfolio

Lightsource operates 2 plants totalling 31 MW

Regional density

248 plants within 100 km, 12,904 MW combined

Nearest plant: Chiplow (5.4 km)

Location

Coordinates:: 52.861900, 0.771300
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Carbon Footprint

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

United KingdomEnergy Profile

3,024
Total Plants
155.3 GW
Total Capacity
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