Bann Road
Bann Road is a 45.8 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 45.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT44 8SD
- Coordinates
- 54.9584, -6.5121
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 Bann Road compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 45.8 MW station would generate roughly 40 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 14,840 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 Northern Ireland All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Finvoy Β· 5.96 MW solar farm1.4 km
- Garves Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Brockaghboy Β· 47.5 MW onshore wind farm14.7 km
- Corkey Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm17.2 km
- Altaveedan Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm19.8 km
- Elginny Β· 23 MW onshore wind farm20.6 km
- Brackagh Quarry Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm20.6 km
- Ballymena Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm22.2 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Bann Road (Rasharkin)
- Developer / operator
- Elgin Energy
- Planning authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Planning reference
- D/2014/0181/F
- Application submitted
- 19 September 2014
- Construction started
- 6 February 2017
- Began operating
- 6 April 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 18 MW
- Address
- Lands located North of Bann Road East/S.East of Ballmaconnelly Road West/S.West of Finvoy Road and North/N.West of Moneyleck Road Rasharkin - approx 200m E of No 41 Ballymaconnelly Road Rasharkin, Co. Antrim, BT44 8SZ
- REPD reference
- 6506
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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