Far Danes
Far Danes is a 11.7 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by WPO UK Services. 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
- 11.7 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.3224, -0.6975
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 Far Danes compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 11.7 MW station would generate roughly 10 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,800 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 WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Cottam Power Station Β· 2,008 MW coal-fired power station6.0 km
- West Burton A Power Station Β· 2,012 MW coal-fired power station8.0 km
- West Burton CCGT Β· 1,332 MW CCGT gas power station8.1 km
- West Burton B Power Station Β· 1,332 MW power station8.2 km
- High Marnham Power Station Β· 945 MW coal-fired power station8.6 km
- Thornham Β· 20.6 MW solar farm10.8 km
- Tiln Solar Β· 61.5 MW solar farm15.7 km
- Cottam Development Centre Β· 445 MW CCGT gas power station16.8 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 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
- Danes Farm - extension
- Developer / operator
- Freewatt Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- West Lindsey
- Planning reference
- 131968
- Application submitted
- 23 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 4 December 2014
- Construction started
- 11 November 2015
- Began operating
- 11 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 10.5 MW
- Address
- Stow Park Road, Stow, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 2AJ
- REPD reference
- 1525
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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