Gorse Lane
Gorse Lane is a 50 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
- 50 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG34 8PF
- Coordinates
- 52.9577, -0.4075
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 Gorse Lane compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 50 MW station would generate roughly 44 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 16,220 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
- Deepdale Β· 5 MW solar farm7.8 km
- Ermine Street Β· 32.5 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Bicker Fen Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm12.9 km
- Mill Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm15.4 km
- Marston Β· 4.51 MW solar farm19.0 km
- Kirton Β· 3.51 MW solar farm21.6 km
- Canopus Β· 5 MW solar farm24.3 km
- Spalding Expansion OCGT Β· 300 MW open-cycle gas power station24.7 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
- Under Construction
- Developer / operator
- Elgin Energy Esco
- Planning authority
- North Kesteven
- Planning reference
- 19/0060/FUL
- Application submitted
- 15 January 2019
- Permission granted
- 29 March 2019
- Construction started
- 1 May 2021
- Capacity in planning record
- 20 MW
- Address
- Land South Of, Gorse Lane, Silk Willoughby, Sleaford,, Lincolnshire, NG34 8PF
- REPD reference
- 6701
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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