Chalgrove
Chalgrove is a 2.4 MW solar farm in South East 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 East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 2.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- OX44 7SL
- Coordinates
- 51.6633, -1.0978
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 Chalgrove compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.4 MW station would generate roughly 2.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 780 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 East All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Chalgrove Solar Limited Β· 21.3 MW solar farm2.7 km
- Howbery Β· 0.75 MW solar farm6.2 km
- Didcot A Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station12.5 km
- Thame Β· 4.79 MW solar farm14.6 km
- Bumpers Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm16.7 km
- Ilmer Β· 5 MW solar farm17.6 km
- Bumpers Farm 2 Β· 12 MW solar farm17.8 km
- Didcot GT Β· 100 MW oil-fired power station18.2 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
- Langley Hall Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lark Energy
- Planning authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Planning reference
- P13/S1885/FUL
- Application submitted
- 11 July 2013
- Permission granted
- 27 September 2013
- Construction started
- 21 January 2014
- Began operating
- 31 March 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.4 MW
- Address
- Field part of Langley Hall Farm between Chalgrove and Newington, Oxfordshire
- REPD reference
- 1298
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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