Laceby CIC1
Laceby CIC1 is a 5 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Lightsource BP. 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DN37 7LD
- Coordinates
- 53.5251, -0.1493
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 Laceby CIC1 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 East Midlands All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Laceby CIC2 Β· 5 MW solar farm0.0 km
- EP SHB LTD Β· 1,365 MW CCGT gas power station5.0 km
- Grimsby Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station7.1 km
- Triton Knoll Β· 857 MW offshore wind farm7.1 km
- Humber Gateway Β· 219 MW offshore wind farm8.5 km
- VPI Β· 1,252 MW CCGT gas power station8.9 km
- Bishopthorpe Β· 16.4 MW onshore wind farm10.0 km
- South Humber Bank Power Station Β· 1,365 MW power station13.0 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 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
- Laceby Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Conergy
- Planning authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Planning reference
- DM/0174/15/FUL
- Application submitted
- 5 March 2015
- Permission granted
- 19 June 2015
- Construction started
- 15 April 2016
- Began operating
- 22 June 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 27.1 MW
- Address
- Land At Manor Top Farm Manor Top Farm Access Road To Laceby, Humberside, DN37 7EA
- REPD reference
- 4880
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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