Hunger Hill
Hunger Hill is a 5 MW solar farm in North East 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
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DL2 1JZ
- Coordinates
- 54.5069, -1.4851
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 Hunger Hill compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Moor House Wind Farm Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm7.6 km
- High Meadow Β· 3.89 MW solar farm11.0 km
- Lambs Hill Wind Farm Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm11.1 km
- School Aycliffe Β· 5 MW solar farm13.3 km
- Seamer Β· 10.3 MW onshore wind farm14.7 km
- Stripe Β· 4.98 MW solar farm17.0 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 1 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm18.3 km
- Walkway Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm18.3 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
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Land West Of Hunger Hill Farm
- Developer / operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Planning authority
- Darlington
- Planning reference
- 15/00484/FUL
- Application submitted
- 19 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 13 August 2015
- Construction started
- 12 December 2016
- Began operating
- 15 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land West Of Hunger Hill Farm,, Middleton St George, Brass Castle, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 1DW
- REPD reference
- 5301
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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