Bentham
Bentham is a 11.1 MW solar farm in South West 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
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 11.1 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SN5 4JB
- Coordinates
- 51.6055, -1.8987
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 Bentham compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 11.1 MW station would generate roughly 9.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,590 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Spittleborough Β· 9.14 MW solar farm6.7 km
- CommonFarm Β· 3.34 MW solar farm10.2 km
- Beech Farm Β· 4.3 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Bradenstoke Solar Park Ltd Β· 69.8 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Swindon Β· 60.9 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Crucis Farm Β· 16.1 MW solar farm13.2 km
- Newnton Dairy Β· 7.18 MW solar farm15.0 km
- Hullavington Β· 8.32 MW solar farm19.4 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
- Bentham Farm
- Developer / operator
- Hive Energy
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning reference
- 13/04872/FUL
- Application submitted
- 8 October 2013
- Permission granted
- 15 December 2014
- Construction started
- 15 March 2015
- Began operating
- 15 July 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 8 MW
- Address
- Bentham Farm, Bentham Lane,Bentham, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, SN5 4JB
- REPD reference
- 2344
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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