Barton Close
Barton Close is a 4.61 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.61 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EX33 1HX
- Coordinates
- 51.1515, -4.1836
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 Barton Close compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.61 MW station would generate roughly 4.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,500 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 South West All run by Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Blatchworthy Β· 1.41 MW solar farm3.3 km
- West Hill Β· 11.1 MW solar farm4.2 km
- Horsacott Solar Farm Β· 6.54 MW solar farm11.0 km
- Hollamoor Β· 2.24 MW solar farm13.6 km
- Cleave Farm Β· 4.56 MW solar farm16.7 km
- Bratton Fleming Β· 4.99 MW solar farm18.3 km
- Knockworthy Farm Solar Park Β· 4.65 MW solar farm19.0 km
- Walland Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm22.6 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 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
- Barton Close Farm
- Developer / operator
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- North Devon
- Planning reference
- 54722
- Application submitted
- 4 October 2012
- Permission granted
- 15 April 2014
- Construction started
- 10 June 2015
- Began operating
- 15 February 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.5 MW
- Address
- Georgeham, Braunton, Devon, Devon, EX33 1HX
- REPD reference
- 1864
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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