High Meadow
High Meadow is a 3.89 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
- 3.89 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TS21 1EA
- Coordinates
- 54.5896, -1.3912
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 High Meadow compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3.89 MW station would generate roughly 3.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,260 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
- Lambs Hill Wind Farm Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm6.4 km
- Moor House Wind Farm Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- Red Gap Β· 12.5 MW onshore wind farm7.8 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 1 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Walkway Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 2 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Low Burntoft Β· 5 MW solar farm8.8 km
- Blue House Β· 4.98 MW solar farm9.0 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
- High Meadow Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Planning reference
- 15/1826/FUL
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 4 December 2015
- Construction started
- 18 August 2016
- Began operating
- 18 October 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Land at high Meadow Farm, Letch Lane, Carlton, Stockton, County Durham, TS21 1EE
- REPD reference
- 6321
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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