Gedling
Gedling is a 5.74 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 5.74 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG4 4JX
- Coordinates
- 52.9902, -1.0830
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 Gedling compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5.74 MW station would generate roughly 5.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,860 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Radcliffe Β· 4.16 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm8.1 km
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm8.3 km
- Watnall Β· 10 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Lindhurst Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm14.9 km
- Staythorpe Β· 1,828 MW CCGT gas power station15.6 km
- Staythorpe C Power Station Β· 1,735 MW power station16.6 km
- Lodge Farm Β· 12 MW solar farm17.0 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 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
- Gedling Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Foresight
- Planning authority
- Gedling
- Planning reference
- 2012/1335
- Application submitted
- 21 November 2012
- Permission granted
- 23 October 2013
- Construction started
- 1 August 2014
- Began operating
- 15 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.7 MW
- Address
- Former Gedling Colliery, Arnold Lane, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, NG4 4GZ
- REPD reference
- 2377
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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