Homestead
Homestead is a 3.95 MW solar farm in South 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 3.95 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PO41 0TZ
- Coordinates
- 50.6940, -1.4431
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 Homestead compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3.95 MW station would generate roughly 3.5 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,280 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 East All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Shalfleet Β· 5 MW solar farm1.2 km
- Stables Farm Β· 1 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Cowes Β· 140 MW oil-fired power station10.4 km
- Chawton Β· 3.65 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Marvel (Stone Farm) Β· 5 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Isle of Wight Β· 6.23 MW solar farm13.3 km
- Mopley/Cadland Β· 3.02 MW solar farm13.6 km
- Fawley (Langley) Β· 5 MW solar farm13.7 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
- Homestead Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Isle of Wight
- Planning reference
- P/00607/14
- Application submitted
- 20 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 21 October 2014
- Construction started
- 15 September 2015
- Began operating
- 15 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 10.7 MW
- Address
- land at Homestead Farm, Caulbourne Lane AND land at Lower Dodpits Farm, Warlands Lane, Ningwood, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30
- REPD reference
- 2314
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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