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Goose Willow

Solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.636, -1.355.

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Goose Willow is a 14 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 5,999 homes (estimated). It ranks #633 of 2,751 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 6.6% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

14MW installed capacity
5,999homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WKS0064687.

Capacity vs largest solar plants in United Kingdom

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.0°Cannual mean temp
2,924heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
94 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 7 °CND: 5 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 19% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 60/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.0% at warm-season highs here (estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #120 largest solar power plant of 1170 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 1170 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 8,674 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.636, -1.355 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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