Belper
Belper is a 5 MW solar farm in North East England, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TS16 0PS
- Coordinates
- 53.0338, -1.4445
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 Belper 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 North East All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Crow Trees Solar Farm Β· 4.69 MW solar farm13.1 km
- Averill Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm13.3 km
- Carsington Wind Energy Ltd Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm13.8 km
- Watnall Β· 10 MW solar farm14.2 km
- Derby Β· 50 MW open-cycle gas power station15.1 km
- Willington Power Station Β· 400 MW coal-fired power station21.4 km
- Lindhurst Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm21.7 km
- Lodge Farm Β· 4.88 MW solar farm22.7 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
- Planning Permission Refused
- Site name in planning record
- Knob Farm
- Developer / operator
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Amber Valley
- Planning reference
- AVA/2012/0989
- Application submitted
- 5 November 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Morley Park Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 0HQ, Derbyshire
- REPD reference
- 1741
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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