Blackdown
Blackdown is a 7.45 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 7.45 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TA3 7DY
- Coordinates
- 50.9261, -3.1280
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 Blackdown compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 7.45 MW station would generate roughly 6.5 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,420 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Trickey Warren Β· 4.63 MW solar farm0.7 km
- Dunkeswell Β· 2.8 MW solar farm9.8 km
- RedHill Farm Β· 4.8 MW solar farm12.7 km
- Barton Β· 1.2 MW solar farm13.2 km
- Chard Β· 3.04 MW solar farm13.7 km
- Higher Knapp Farm Β· 1.51 MW solar farm13.9 km
- Higher Pirzwell Β· 1.2 MW solar farm14.3 km
- Halse Solar Farm Β· 8.34 MW solar farm15.2 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
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Culmhead Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning reference
- 10/12/0024
- Application submitted
- 11 September 2012
- Permission granted
- 19 October 2012
- Began operating
- 26 January 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 7.5 MW
- Address
- Former Culmhead Airfield, Culmhead, Churchstanton, Taunton,, Somerset
- REPD reference
- 1603
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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