Ermine Street
Ermine Street is a 32.5 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Octopus Investments. 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
- 32.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG34 8QT
- Coordinates
- 53.0152, -0.5214
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 Ermine Street compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 32.5 MW station would generate roughly 28 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 10,530 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 Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Deepdale Β· 5 MW solar farm8.3 km
- Gorse Lane Β· 50 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Marston Β· 4.51 MW solar farm12.4 km
- Mill Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm16.4 km
- Hawton Β· 4.88 MW solar farm19.7 km
- Newark Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm19.9 km
- Lodge Farm Β· 12 MW solar farm21.5 km
- Bicker Fen Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm22.1 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 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
- Ermine Street Farm solar park
- Developer / operator
- Octopus Investments
- Planning authority
- North Kesteven
- Planning reference
- 13/0929/FUL
- Application submitted
- 20 August 2013
- Permission granted
- 6 December 2013
- Began operating
- 29 July 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 32.5 MW
- Address
- Land At Ermine Street Farm Ermine Street Ancaster Heath Grantham Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, NG32 3RN
- REPD reference
- 1528
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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