Mendip
Mendip is a 7.18 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 7.18 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BA5 3AA
- Coordinates
- 51.2588, -2.5864
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 Mendip compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 7.18 MW station would generate roughly 6.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,330 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 South West All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Shooters Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm0.5 km
- Whitchurch Β· 6.52 MW solar farm4.8 km
- Pitts Farm Β· 3.21 MW solar farm5.0 km
- Crapnell Farm Β· 4.67 MW solar farm5.6 km
- New Row Farm Β· 4.45 MW solar farm7.3 km
- Cloford Common Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm15.8 km
- Bristol Water Β· 0.8 MW solar farm17.1 km
- Yeowood Β· 1.2 MW solar farm18.4 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
- Shooters Bottom Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning reference
- 2011/0529
- Application submitted
- 23 March 2011
- Permission granted
- 28 July 2011
- Began operating
- 5 February 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 7 MW
- Address
- Townsend Lane, Chewton, Mendip, Somerset, BA3 4LUΒ
- REPD reference
- 1575
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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