Islip
Islip is a 4.99 MW solar farm in East Midlands 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
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NN14 3LT
- Coordinates
- 52.4056, -0.5611
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 Islip compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.99 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 East Midlands All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Burton Wold Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm7.5 km
- Burton Wold Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm7.9 km
- Burton Wold South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm8.7 km
- New Albion Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm14.9 km
- Corby Power Station Β· 407 MW CCGT gas power station15.8 km
- Gaultney Β· 21.6 MW solar farm17.3 km
- Woolley Hill (GB) Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm18.7 km
- Airfield Poddington Β· 8.55 MW onshore wind farm19.1 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
- Colpmans Farm
- Developer / operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning reference
- 11/00079/FUL
- Application submitted
- 19 January 2011
- Permission granted
- 27 May 2011
- Began operating
- 17 April 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Islip, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 3LT, Northamptonshire
- REPD reference
- 1339
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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