Elms

Elms is a 27.8 MW solar farm in West 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
• West Midlands
• England

How Elms compares

At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 27.8 MW station would generate roughly 24 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 9,010 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.

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

Elms Farm

Developer / operator

Bluefield Solar

Planning authority

Vale of White Horse

Planning reference

P14/V1135/FUL

Application submitted

28 May 2014

Permission granted

28 August 2014

Construction started

1 December 2014

Began operating

16 March 2015

Capacity in planning record

29 MW

Address

Elms Farm Grove, Oxfordshire

REPD reference

1832

Source

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom — 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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