Barn Farm
Barn Farm is a 4.69 MW solar farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.69 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CO11 2UX
- Coordinates
- 51.9392, 1.1364
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 Barn Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.69 MW station would generate roughly 4.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,520 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 of England All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Wix Lodge (Stour Fields) Β· 18.7 MW solar farm3.1 km
- Bluegates Β· 10.7 MW solar farm12.5 km
- Stratton Hall Β· 11.8 MW solar farm12.9 km
- Chisbon Β· 12.3 MW solar farm13.5 km
- Earls Hall Farm Β· 10.3 MW onshore wind farm14.6 km
- Hook Valley Solar Park Β· 15.3 MW solar farm20.2 km
- Gunfleet Sands 01 Β· 173 MW offshore wind farm23.8 km
- Gunfleet Sands 02 Β· 173 MW offshore wind farm24.7 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
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Tendring
- Planning reference
- 14/00918/FUL
- Application submitted
- 10 July 2014
- Permission granted
- 20 October 2014
- Construction started
- 8 May 2015
- Began operating
- 14 August 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 4.2 MW
- Address
- Land at Barn Farm Wix Road Bradfield Manningtree, Essex
- REPD reference
- 1959
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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