Dalby Solar
Dalby Solar is a 6.88 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Ecotricity. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.88 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Ecotricity
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LE14 3LY
- Coordinates
- 52.8023, -1.0392
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 Dalby Solar compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 6.88 MW station would generate roughly 6.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,230 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 Midlands All run by EcotricityNearby generating sites
- Dalby Β· 7.29 MW onshore wind farm1.1 km
- Wymeswold - Wide Lane Β· 4.28 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Six Hills Β· 18.7 MW solar farm2.5 km
- Wymeswold Β· 2.13 MW solar farm4.8 km
- Asfordby B Β· 4.98 MW solar farm8.1 km
- Asfordby A Β· 4.91 MW solar farm10.1 km
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm12.9 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm13.1 km
Also operated by Ecotricity
Ecotricity operates 25 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
- Planning Permission Expired
- Site name in planning record
- Old Dalby Lodge Farm
- Developer / operator
- Ecotricity
- Planning authority
- Melton
- Planning reference
- 16/00078/FUL
- Application submitted
- 5 February 2016
- Permission granted
- 12 May 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Field No 0006, Paddys Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3LY
- REPD reference
- 5759
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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