Epwell
Epwell is a 8.99 MW solar farm in South East 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 8.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- OX15 6HF
- Coordinates
- 52.0665, -1.4658
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 Epwell compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 8.99 MW station would generate roughly 7.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,920 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 East All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Blackwell Grange Β· 4.98 MW solar farm14.0 km
- Culworth Β· 3.64 MW solar farm18.5 km
- Radford Β· 4.97 MW solar farm21.0 km
- Radstone Β· 5.22 MW solar farm21.9 km
- Springhill Β· 4.95 MW solar farm23.6 km
- Five Mile Drive Β· 3.91 MW solar farm23.7 km
- The Rushes Β· 4.98 MW solar farm24.6 km
- Turweston Β· 16.4 MW solar farm24.9 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
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Epwell Grounds Farm solar park
- Developer / operator
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Cherwell
- Planning reference
- 13/01600/F
- Application submitted
- 21 October 2013
- Permission granted
- 13 January 2014
- Construction started
- 13 October 2014
- Began operating
- 10 December 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 7 MW
- Address
- Epwell Grounds Farm, Shutford Road, Epwell, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6HF
- REPD reference
- 1899
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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