Bodwen
Bodwen is a 5 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PL26 8RP
- Coordinates
- 50.4115, -4.7786
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 Bodwen 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 South West All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Clann Farm Β· 1.49 MW solar farm3.4 km
- West Carclaze Β· 4.99 MW solar farm5.4 km
- Rew Farm Β· 5.06 MW solar farm6.4 km
- Margate Β· 3.37 MW solar farm8.4 km
- Bodmin Β· 4.98 MW solar farm8.6 km
- St Breock Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm8.7 km
- Manor Farm Solar Β· 5 MW solar farm9.2 km
- Ninnis Β· 3.88 MW solar farm11.0 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
- Bodwen Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning reference
- PA13/03710
- Application submitted
- 22 May 2013
- Permission granted
- 24 March 2015
- Construction started
- 15 October 2016
- Began operating
- 15 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.5 MW
- Address
- Land South Of A391 Near Bodwen Bugle Cornwall, Cornwall
- REPD reference
- 1639
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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