Oaklands
Oaklands is a 5 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Eneco Wind UK. 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
- Eneco Wind UK
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 50.7055, -2.1436
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 Oaklands 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 Eneco Wind UKNearby generating sites
- Henbury Quarry Β· 3.68 MW solar farm10.1 km
- Crossways Solar Park Β· 5 MW solar farm12.5 km
- Redbridge Β· 6.48 MW solar farm12.7 km
- Littleton Farm Β· 12 MW solar farm15.6 km
- Bedborough Β· 5 MW solar farm19.3 km
- Bourne Park 2 Β· 2.4 MW solar farm19.3 km
- Bourne Park Β· 0.25 MW solar farm19.5 km
- Woodtown Β· 2.72 MW solar farm20.8 km
Also operated by Eneco Wind UK
Eneco Wind UK operates 6 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
- Oaklands Plantation
- Developer / operator
- Eneco UK
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning reference
- 6/2014/0338
- Application submitted
- 30 June 2014
- Permission granted
- 7 November 2014
- Construction started
- 1 August 2015
- Began operating
- 29 January 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Bere Road (Oaklands Plantation) Coldharbour Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7PA
- REPD reference
- 2052
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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