Lisburn
Lisburn is a 20.5 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 20.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT28 2SL
- Coordinates
- 54.5181, -6.0994
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 Lisburn compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 20.5 MW station would generate roughly 18 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 6,650 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 Northern Ireland All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Maghaberry Β· 27.1 MW solar farm5.8 km
- NI Cluster Hillside Β· 5.4 MW solar farm7.0 km
- NI Cluster Lough Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm7.4 km
- NI Cluster Knockairn Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm11.0 km
- NI Cluster Moira Road Β· 5.94 MW solar farm11.5 km
- NI Cluster Belfast Road Β· 9.99 MW solar farm13.1 km
- SSE Arena Belfast Β· 0.42 MW solar farm15.2 km
- Laurel Hill Β· 14.2 MW solar farm16.6 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
- Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn)
- Developer / operator
- Hadstone Energy/Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning reference
- S/2014/0492/F
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2014
- Permission granted
- 11 November 2014
- Construction started
- 1 June 2016
- Began operating
- 20 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 13.5 MW
- Address
- Lands located 110m WNW of 29 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 2SL
- REPD reference
- 2236
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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