Brett Martin
Brett Martin is a 6.49 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.49 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT36 4QU
- Coordinates
- 54.6754, -6.0160
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 Brett Martin compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 6.49 MW station would generate roughly 5.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,110 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.
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- NI Cluster Knockairn Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm12.2 km
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- Wolf Bog Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm14.9 km
- Millar Farm Β· 7.21 MW solar farm16.1 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 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
- Gibson Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Planning reference
- LA03/2015/0655/F
- Application submitted
- 4 December 2015
- Permission granted
- 26 July 2016
- Construction started
- 11 December 2017
- Began operating
- 28 February 2018
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.4 MW
- Address
- Land at Gibson Farm, Sealstown Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 4QU
- REPD reference
- 5977
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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