Clay Cross
Clay Cross is a 4.99 MW solar farm in North 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
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CA14 1LG
- Coordinates
- 54.6733, -3.5367
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 Clay Cross compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.99 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 North West All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Wythegill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm0.9 km
- Flimby Wind Energy Ltd Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm2.1 km
- Winscales Moor Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm4.3 km
- Moor House Β· 4.92 MW solar farm6.6 km
- Potato Pot Β· 7.05 MW onshore wind farm8.1 km
- Fairfield Β· 6.5 MW onshore wind farm10.6 km
- Tallentire Wind Farm (GB) Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Robin Rigg East Β· 84 MW offshore wind farm14.4 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
- St Helen's Lane
- Developer / operator
- UK Sustainable Energy
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning reference
- 2/2015/0593
- Application submitted
- 22 September 2015
- Permission granted
- 21 December 2015
- Construction started
- 1 January 2017
- Began operating
- 28 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land Adjacent To, St Helens Lane, Flimby, Maryport, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 5848
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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