Bedford
Bedford is a 0.63 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 0.63 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- MK44 3SD
- Coordinates
- 52.0995, -0.5043
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 Bedford compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 0.63 MW station would generate roughly 0.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 200 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Clapham Β· 4.98 MW solar farm8.7 km
- Clayhill Β· 9.84 MW solar farm12.6 km
- Hermitage Β· 5 MW solar farm12.9 km
- Milton Keynes Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm13.0 km
- Hyde Farm Β· 4.94 MW solar farm16.0 km
- Airfield Poddington Β· 8.55 MW onshore wind farm16.8 km
- Waterloo Farm 1 and 2 Β· 28.7 MW solar farm17.4 km
- Salcey Farm Β· 5.46 MW solar farm18.0 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 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 Granted
- Site name in planning record
- Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - Photovoltaics
- Developer / operator
- Sainsburys Supermarkets Limited
- Planning authority
- Bedford
- Planning reference
- 23/02668/SPNJ
- Application submitted
- 11 December 2023
- Permission granted
- 1 February 2024
- Capacity in planning record
- 0.52 MW
- Address
- Unit 2, Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9AA
- REPD reference
- 15522
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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