Gaultney
Gaultney is a 21.6 MW solar farm in East 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
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 21.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NN14 2SW
- Coordinates
- 52.4476, -0.8070
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 Gaultney compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 21.6 MW station would generate roughly 19 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 7,000 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- New Albion Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm2.5 km
- Eckland Lodge Β· 3.66 MW solar farm2.7 km
- Kelmarsh Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm10.5 km
- Meadow Farm (Thorpe Lanton) Β· 5 MW solar farm10.7 km
- Burton Wold Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm14.2 km
- Burton Wold South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm14.6 km
- Burton Wold Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm14.7 km
- Seaton Road Β· 4.16 MW solar farm16.7 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
- Gaultney Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- United Photovoltaics
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning reference
- KET/2014/0391
- Application submitted
- 17 June 2014
- Permission granted
- 5 September 2014
- Construction started
- 1 December 2014
- Began operating
- 31 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 20.5 MW
- Address
- Gaultney Farm, Pipewell Road, Desborough, Northamptonshire, NN14 2SW
- REPD reference
- 2188
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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