Pitchford
Pitchford is a 21 MW solar farm in West Midlands 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
- West Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 21 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SY5 7DU
- Coordinates
- 52.6196, -2.7257
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 Pitchford compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 21 MW station would generate roughly 18 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 6,820 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 West Midlands All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Sundorne Grove Β· 18.2 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Wrockwardine Β· 10.5 MW solar farm13.8 km
- Ironbridge B Power Station Β· 1,000 MW coal-fired power station15.2 km
- Henley Β· 5 MW solar farm15.5 km
- Upper Meadowley Β· 4.87 MW solar farm18.8 km
- Moor Farm Β· 3.73 MW solar farm21.3 km
- Charity Farm - CfD Β· 14.4 MW solar farm23.5 km
- Granville Β· 4.44 MW solar farm23.9 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
- Shropshire
- Planning reference
- 14/03464/FUL
- Application submitted
- 1 August 2014
- Permission granted
- 21 November 2014
- Construction started
- 19 December 2014
- Began operating
- 29 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 10.2 MW
- Address
- Stockbatch, Pitchford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire, SY5
- REPD reference
- 2211
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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