Eckland Lodge
Eckland Lodge is a 3.66 MW solar farm in East Midlands 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
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 3.66 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LE16 8HB
- Coordinates
- 52.4568, -0.8436
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 Eckland Lodge compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3.66 MW station would generate roughly 3.2 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,190 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Gaultney Β· 21.6 MW solar farm2.7 km
- New Albion Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm5.1 km
- Meadow Farm (Thorpe Lanton) Β· 5 MW solar farm8.2 km
- Kelmarsh Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm9.2 km
- Burton Wold Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm16.8 km
- Seaton Road Β· 4.16 MW solar farm16.9 km
- Burton Wold South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm17.1 km
- Burton Wold Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm17.3 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
- Eckland Lodge Farm
- Developer / operator
- Stuart Howes & Son Ltd
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning reference
- KET/2014/0655
- Application submitted
- 22 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 29 July 2015
- Construction started
- 14 November 2016
- Began operating
- 23 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.9 MW
- Address
- Eckland Lodge Farm, Desborough Road, Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, LE16 8HB
- REPD reference
- 4705
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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