Langley Priory
Langley Priory is a 2.04 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 2.04 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DE74 2QQ
- Coordinates
- 52.8079, -1.3582
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 Langley Priory compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.04 MW station would generate roughly 1.8 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 660 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Ratcliffe (OCGT) Β· 34 MW oil-fired power station7.8 km
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Β· 2,116 MW coal-fired power station9.5 km
- Ashby Β· 4.8 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Ashby Β· 4.8 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Short Hazel Β· 5 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Spring Lane Β· 0.96 MW solar farm11.2 km
- Derby Β· 50 MW open-cycle gas power station11.7 km
- Prestop Park Β· 15.9 MW solar farm12.0 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
- Walnut Yard (Phase 1)
- Developer / operator
- Lark Energy
- Planning authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Planning reference
- 14/00408/FULM
- Application submitted
- 6 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 7 October 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 31 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.8 MW
- Address
- Land To The West Of Gelscoe House Farm Outbuildings Gelscoe Lane Diseworth, Leicestershire
- REPD reference
- 2084
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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