Ash Row Farm
Ash Row Farm is a 5 MW solar farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, England, operated by Octopus Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LS25 6JJ
- Coordinates
- 53.7968, -1.2174
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 Ash Row Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 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 Yorkshire and the Humber All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm7.1 km
- Ferrybridge C Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station9.6 km
- FM1 Β· 79 MW energy-from-waste plant9.9 km
- FM2 Β· 79 MW energy-from-waste plant9.9 km
- Primrose Hill Β· 4.35 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Eggborough Power Station Β· 1,960 MW coal-fired power station10.4 km
- Drax Power Station Β· 2,595 MW biomass power station16.0 km
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units Β· 2,580 MW biomass power station16.4 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 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
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Land at Ash Row Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning reference
- 2015/0777/FUL
- Application submitted
- 13 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 29 September 2015
- Construction started
- 26 October 2015
- Began operating
- 21 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Ash Row Farm, Bishopdyke Road, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, LS25 6JJ
- REPD reference
- 5402
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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