Playters
Playters is a 8.63 MW solar farm in East of England, England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 8.63 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NR34 7TN
- Coordinates
- 52.4330, 1.5918
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 Playters compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 8.63 MW station would generate roughly 7.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,800 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 East of England All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Promens Β· 1.65 MW solar farm0.6 km
- Halesworth Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm9.9 km
- Chediston Hall Β· 12.4 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Great Yarmouth Β· 420 MW CCGT gas power station21.6 km
- Avenue Farm Β· 7.65 MW solar farm22.3 km
- Sizewell C Β· 3,260 MW nuclear power station24.2 km
- Sizewell A Β· 420 MW nuclear power station24.3 km
- Galloper Β· 353 MW offshore wind farm25.4 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 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
- Playters Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- East Suffolk
- Planning reference
- DC/14/1169/FUL
- Application submitted
- 2 April 2014
- Permission granted
- 22 July 2014
- Construction started
- 15 May 2015
- Began operating
- 26 February 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 8.6 MW
- Address
- Playters New Farm, Church Road, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TN
- REPD reference
- 1889
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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