Pollington Airfield
Pollington Airfield is a 5 MW solar farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DN14 0BA
- Coordinates
- 53.6799, -1.0664
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 Pollington Airfield 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 Yorkshire and the Humber All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Eggborough Power Station Β· 1,960 MW coal-fired power station6.0 km
- Drax Power Station Β· 2,595 MW biomass power station7.7 km
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units Β· 2,580 MW biomass power station7.9 km
- Primrose Hill Β· 4.35 MW solar farm8.3 km
- Tween Bridge Β· 44 MW onshore wind farm8.8 km
- Askern Β· 4.97 MW solar farm9.4 km
- Rusholme Β· 24 MW onshore wind farm9.6 km
- Thorne Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.0 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
- Land at Pollington Airfield
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Planning reference
- 15/01403/STPLF
- Application submitted
- 15 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 24 July 2015
- Construction started
- 2 November 2015
- Began operating
- 21 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land at Pollington Airfield, Gowdall Lane, Pollington, Goole, Humberside, Humberside, DN14 0AU
- REPD reference
- 5322
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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