Defford
Defford is a 50 MW solar farm in West Midlands England, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- West Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 50 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 52.1028, -2.1366
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 Defford compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 50 MW station would generate roughly 44 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 16,220 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 West Midlands All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Otherton Β· 2.52 MW solar farm13.9 km
- Mount Farm Β· 23.1 MW solar farm14.6 km
- Salford Lodge Solar Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm15.2 km
- Robert's Wall Β· 2.56 MW solar farm15.2 km
- Home Farm Β· 4.99 MW solar farm19.2 km
- Five Mile Drive Β· 3.91 MW solar farm24.6 km
- Springhill Β· 4.95 MW solar farm24.7 km
- The Beeches Β· 5 MW solar farm25.3 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 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
- Defford Aerodrome
- Developer / operator
- Solar Planning
- Planning authority
- Wychavon
- Planning reference
- 14/01244
- Application submitted
- 27 June 2014
- Permission granted
- 8 January 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 49.9 MW
- Address
- Defford Aerodrome, Rebecca Road, Besford, Worcester, Worcestershire, Hereford and Worcester, WR8 9ES
- REPD reference
- 1980
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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