Greencroft
Greencroft is a 4.93 MW solar farm in North East England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.93 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DH9 7XR
- Coordinates
- 54.8518, -1.7320
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 Greencroft compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.93 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,600 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 North East All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Holmside RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm2.8 km
- Holmside Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm3.5 km
- Langley Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm4.8 km
- High Hedley I Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm9.9 km
- High Hedley II Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm9.9 km
- Tow Law Β· 2.31 MW onshore wind farm11.4 km
- Broomhill Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm11.4 km
- Kiln Pit Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm12.3 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
- Green Croft Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning reference
- DM/15/02279/FPA
- Application submitted
- 23 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 4 November 2015
- Construction started
- 7 October 2016
- Began operating
- 7 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land Between Greencroft Indust, Tower Road/Lanchester Road, Greencroft, Stanley, County Durham, County Durham, DH9 7XR
- REPD reference
- 5380
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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