Bicker Fen
Bicker Fen is a 22.6 MW solar farm in East Midlands 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
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 22.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PE24 5AZ
- Coordinates
- 53.1475, 0.1918
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 Bicker Fen compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 22.6 MW station would generate roughly 20 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 7,320 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Lincoln Farm Β· 10.7 MW solar farm0.9 km
- The Hollies Β· 8.61 MW solar farm2.9 km
- The Hollies Β· 2.6 MW onshore wind farm3.3 km
- Wrangle Β· 10.8 MW solar farm16.6 km
- Lynn Wind Farm Β· 97.2 MW offshore wind farm17.4 km
- Inner Dowsing Wind Farm Β· 97.2 MW offshore wind farm17.6 km
- Mablethorpe Β· 1.2 MW onshore wind farm19.2 km
- High Leas PV Β· 4.88 MW solar farm20.2 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
- Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm)
- Developer / operator
- Innova Renewables Limited
- Planning authority
- East Lindsey
- Planning reference
- S/051/00772/17
- Application submitted
- 2 May 2017
- Permission granted
- 30 November 2017
- Began operating
- 12 March 2024
- Capacity in planning record
- 22.6 MW
- Address
- Manor Farm, Wainfleet Road, Irby-in-the-Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 5AY
- REPD reference
- 1694
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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