Molland Farm
Molland Farm is a 5 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Octopus Investments. 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EX36 3PS
- Coordinates
- 51.0228, -3.6778
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 Molland Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 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.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in South West All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Batsworthy Cross Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm4.6 km
- West Bradley Β· 1.03 MW solar farm14.0 km
- Palfreys Barton Β· 0.96 MW solar farm16.2 km
- Summerlands Β· 0.81 MW solar farm18.0 km
- Broadgate Β· 1.1 MW solar farm19.4 km
- Bratton Fleming Β· 4.99 MW solar farm20.7 km
- Sharland Farm Β· 2.77 MW solar farm22.0 km
- Ellicombe Β· 1.33 MW solar farm22.6 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
- Bommertown Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Steadfast Molland Solar Ltd
- Planning authority
- North Devon
- Planning reference
- 54402
- Application submitted
- 30 July 2012
- Permission granted
- 5 August 2014
- Construction started
- 6 February 2016
- Began operating
- 16 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Bommertown Farm, Bottreaux Mill, South Molton, Devon, EX36 3PS
- REPD reference
- 2101
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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