Bishops Sutton
Bishops Sutton is a 12 MW solar farm in South East England, operated by Octopus Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 12 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SO24 0AA
- Coordinates
- 51.0827, -1.1511
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 Bishops Sutton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 12 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,890 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 East All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Upper Farm Β· 10 MW solar farm10.7 km
- Upper Farringdon Β· 6.18 MW solar farm12.4 km
- Wilsom Farm Β· 4.01 MW solar farm14.9 km
- Raglington Farm Solar Park Β· 5.73 MW solar farm19.2 km
- Owls Lodge Β· 10 MW solar farm19.2 km
- Lovedean Β· 4.54 MW solar farm20.7 km
- Overton Β· 3.75 MW solar farm20.7 km
- Warren Β· 4.99 MW solar farm24.0 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 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
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Winchester
- Planning reference
- 13/01805/FUL
- Application submitted
- 2 September 2013
- Permission granted
- 15 November 2013
- Construction started
- 2 January 2014
- Began operating
- 27 March 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 12 MW
- Address
- Whitehill Lane, Alresford, Hampshire, Hampshire
- REPD reference
- 1282
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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