Cressing
Cressing is a 4.99 MW solar farm in East of England, England, operated by Octopus Investments. 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
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CM77 8PD
- Coordinates
- 51.8389, 0.6078
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 Cressing 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.
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- Drapers Farm Β· 6 MW solar farm7.8 km
- Birch Estate Β· 5 MW solar farm13.6 km
- Tooley Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm15.5 km
- The Hydes Β· 10.7 MW solar farm19.5 km
- Hill Hall Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm19.5 km
- Bradwell Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm20.5 km
- Thaxted Β· 48 MW solar farm21.6 km
- Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Β· 246 MW nuclear power station22.7 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 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
- Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1)
- Developer / operator
- Octopus Investments
- Planning authority
- Braintree
- Planning reference
- 15/00949/FUL
- Application submitted
- 24 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 12 November 2015
- Construction started
- 1 May 2016
- Began operating
- 16 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land South Of Sheepcote Wood B, Witham Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, Essex, CM77 8NZ
- REPD reference
- 5497
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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