Higher Bye
Higher Bye is a 6.79 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.79 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TA23 0JT
- Coordinates
- 51.1726, -3.3597
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 Higher Bye compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 6.79 MW station would generate roughly 5.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,200 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 South West All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Sandys Moor Β· 2.9 MW solar farm15.4 km
- Hinkley Point A Β· 470 MW nuclear power station16.3 km
- Hinkley Point B Β· 1,220 MW nuclear power station16.4 km
- Hinkley Point C Β· 3,260 MW nuclear power station16.4 km
- Sandhill Β· 1.92 MW solar farm16.8 km
- Halse Solar Farm Β· 8.34 MW solar farm16.9 km
- Aberthaw B Power Station Β· 1,586 MW coal-fired power station24.3 km
- RedHill Farm Β· 4.8 MW solar farm24.5 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
- Higher Bye Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning reference
- 3/26/14/013
- Application submitted
- 23 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 26 September 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 19 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.8 MW
- Address
- Land at Higher Bye Farm, Higher Bye Farm, Somerset, TA23 0JT
- REPD reference
- 2342
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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