Peterlee
Peterlee is a 5 MW solar farm in North East 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
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SR8 3UJ
- Coordinates
- 54.7752, -1.3655
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 Peterlee 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 North East All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Hare Hill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm2.5 km
- Hare Hill RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm2.5 km
- Haswell Moor Circuit 1 Β· 5.15 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Haswell Moor Circuit 2 Β· 5.15 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- High Haswell Wind Farm Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm4.4 km
- Great Eppleton (ex NFFO) Β· 4.1 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- Great Eppleton RO Β· 4.1 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- High Sharpley Β· 2.6 MW onshore wind farm7.5 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
- Peterlee Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Zaravolt Development
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning reference
- DM/15/02290/FPA
- Application submitted
- 23 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 14 January 2016
- Construction started
- 15 January 2016
- Began operating
- 30 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land North Of Mill Hill, North West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 2H
- REPD reference
- 5694
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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