New Row Farm
New Row Farm is a 4.45 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
- 4.45 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BA4 4JT
- Coordinates
- 51.2042, -2.5281
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 New Row Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.45 MW station would generate roughly 3.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,440 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
- Crapnell Farm Β· 4.67 MW solar farm3.5 km
- Pitts Farm Β· 3.21 MW solar farm4.2 km
- Shooters Β· 2 MW onshore wind farm6.8 km
- Mendip Β· 7.18 MW solar farm7.3 km
- Whitchurch Β· 6.52 MW solar farm8.4 km
- Cloford Common Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm9.9 km
- Manor Farm Β· 4.87 MW solar farm16.9 km
- Copley Wood (Renewables (SW)) Β· 1.5 MW solar farm17.1 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
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning reference
- 2013/1510
- Application submitted
- 5 August 2013
- Permission granted
- 11 November 2013
- Began operating
- 31 March 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.9 MW
- Address
- New Row Farm, Yelling Mill Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4JT
- REPD reference
- 2133
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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