Ford
Ford is a 11.6 MW solar farm in South East 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 11.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BN44 3AT
- Coordinates
- 50.9422, -0.3254
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 Ford compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 11.6 MW station would generate roughly 10 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,750 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Spear Hill Β· 4.95 MW solar farm4.4 km
- Shoreham Β· 420 MW CCGT gas power station12.6 km
- Five Oaks Β· 5 MW solar farm15.5 km
- Binsted Β· 5 MW solar farm22.3 km
- Brookbarn Β· 3.63 MW solar farm23.3 km
- Rampion Β· 400 MW offshore wind farm23.3 km
- Balcombe Β· 4.96 MW solar farm23.5 km
- Majors Hill Β· 1.15 MW solar farm23.8 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
- Ford Farm (Ashurst)
- Developer / operator
- Conergy
- Planning authority
- Horsham
- Planning reference
- DC/13/2310
- Application submitted
- 9 December 2013
- Permission granted
- 9 September 2015
- Construction started
- 15 November 2015
- Began operating
- 29 February 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Land North of Sopers Copse Honeybridge Lane Ashurst West Sussex, West Sussex
- REPD reference
- 1531
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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