Lochcraigs Farm
Lochcraigs Farm is a 4.99 MW solar farm in Scotland, operated by Octopus Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- KA20 4LB
- Coordinates
- 55.6575, -4.7432
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 Lochcraigs Farm 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.
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- Millour Hill Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm8.4 km
- Millour Hill Ext. Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm8.7 km
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- Hunterston B Β· 980 MW nuclear power station11.7 km
- Hunterston A Β· 300 MW nuclear power station11.7 km
Also operated by Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments operates 134 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
- Site To North East Of, Lochcraigs Farm
- Developer / operator
- SBC Renewables
- Planning authority
- North Ayrshire
- Planning reference
- 15/00252/PP
- Application submitted
- 12 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 13 August 2015
- Construction started
- 15 October 2016
- Began operating
- 31 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Site To North East Of, Lochcraigs Farm, Stevenston, Strathclyde, North Ayrshire, KA20 4LB
- REPD reference
- 5332
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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