Carrowdore
Carrowdore is a 5.98 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 5.98 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT22 2HH
- Coordinates
- 54.5716, -5.5692
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 Carrowdore compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5.98 MW station would generate roughly 5.2 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,940 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 Northern Ireland All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Kilroot Power Station Β· 520 MW coal-fired power station20.9 km
- SSE Arena Belfast Β· 0.42 MW solar farm22.6 km
- Brett Martin Β· 6.49 MW solar farm31.0 km
- EP Ballylumford CCGT Β· 616 MW CCGT gas power station33.5 km
- EP Ballylumford Β· 116 MW oil-fired power station33.5 km
- Lisburn Β· 20.5 MW solar farm34.7 km
- NI Cluster Belfast Road Β· 9.99 MW solar farm35.9 km
- NI Cluster Knockairn Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm38.8 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
- Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore)
- Developer / operator
- Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Ards and North Down
- Planning reference
- X/2014/0538/F
- Application submitted
- 3 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 3 June 2015
- Construction started
- 1 October 2016
- Began operating
- 28 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 6 MW
- Address
- Lands 88m West of 2a Ballyblack Road East, Carrowdore, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2HH
- REPD reference
- 4724
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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