Maghaberry
Maghaberry is a 27.1 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Lightsource BP. 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
- 27.1 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT28 2PT
- Coordinates
- 54.5058, -6.1863
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 Maghaberry compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 27.1 MW station would generate roughly 24 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 8,790 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 Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Lisburn Β· 20.5 MW solar farm5.8 km
- NI Cluster Lough Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm5.9 km
- NI Cluster Hillside Β· 5.4 MW solar farm6.1 km
- NI Cluster Moira Road Β· 5.94 MW solar farm11.3 km
- NI Cluster Knockairn Road Β· 5.4 MW solar farm11.5 km
- Laurel Hill Β· 14.2 MW solar farm12.5 km
- NI Cluster Belfast Road Β· 9.99 MW solar farm15.2 km
- Crookedstone Β· 4.83 MW solar farm18.4 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
- Former Maghaberry Airfield
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning reference
- S/2014/0913/F
- Application submitted
- 14 January 2015
- Permission granted
- 26 April 2016
- Construction started
- 21 September 2017
- Began operating
- 30 January 2018
- Capacity in planning record
- 25.7 MW
- Address
- Former Maghaberry Airfield, Antrim, Craigavon, Co Armagh, Co. Armagh, BT67 0JF
- REPD reference
- 4954
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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