Asfordby B
Asfordby B is a 4.98 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by WPO UK Services. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.98 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 52.7783, -0.9249
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Asfordby B compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.98 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in East Midlands All run by WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Asfordby A Β· 4.91 MW solar farm2.0 km
- Dalby Β· 7.29 MW onshore wind farm7.4 km
- Dalby Solar Β· 6.88 MW solar farm8.1 km
- Six Hills Β· 18.7 MW solar farm9.3 km
- Wymeswold - Wide Lane Β· 4.28 MW solar farm9.5 km
- Wymeswold Β· 2.13 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm17.7 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm18.1 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Planning Permission Expired
- Site name in planning record
- Welby Road Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- First Renewable Developments
- Planning authority
- Melton
- Planning reference
- 15/00430/FUL
- Application submitted
- 11 June 2015
- Permission granted
- 10 September 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Fields 7329, 8218 And Top Fiel, 4900, 7900 Welby Road, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3R
- REPD reference
- 5272
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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