Burnham Wick
Burnham Wick is a 5 MW solar farm in East of England, 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 of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CM0 8LU
- Coordinates
- 51.6272, 0.8430
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 Burnham Wick 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 East of England All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Turncole Wind Farm (GB) Β· 17.5 MW onshore wind farm1.8 km
- Middlewick Β· 20.7 MW onshore wind farm5.3 km
- Bradwell Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm9.3 km
- Canewdon CIC Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.1 km
- Canewdon PV Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.1 km
- West End Farm PV CIC Β· 4.88 MW solar farm10.9 km
- West End Farm PV Β· 4.88 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Β· 246 MW nuclear power station13.0 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
- Wick Farm (Burnham on Crouch)
- Developer / operator
- Countryside Renewables
- Planning authority
- Maldon
- Planning reference
- 14/00775/FUL
- Application submitted
- 9 September 2014
- Permission granted
- 26 January 2015
- Construction started
- 11 September 2015
- Began operating
- 17 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- E/O Burnham Wick Farm, Wick Road, Burnham on Crouch, Essex, CM0 8FA, Essex
- REPD reference
- 2268
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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