Dunkeswell
Dunkeswell is a 2.8 MW solar farm in South 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
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 2.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 50.8645, -3.2270
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 Dunkeswell compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.8 MW station would generate roughly 2.5 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 910 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 West All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Higher Pirzwell Β· 1.2 MW solar farm6.3 km
- Trickey Warren Β· 4.63 MW solar farm9.3 km
- Blackdown Β· 7.45 MW solar farm9.8 km
- Barton Β· 1.2 MW solar farm10.9 km
- RedHill Farm Β· 4.8 MW solar farm11.4 km
- Nether Mill Β· 3.77 MW solar farm12.4 km
- Kia-Ora Farm Β· 1.8 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Strete Β· 4.85 MW solar farm16.1 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
- Dunkeswell Airfield
- Developer / operator
- Lumicity
- Planning authority
- East Devon
- Planning reference
- 13/1954/MFUL
- Application submitted
- 30 August 2013
- Permission granted
- 11 March 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 11 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 2 MW
- Address
- Land Adjacent Flightway Business Park Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, EX14 4LJ
- REPD reference
- 1454
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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