Potters Bar
Potters Bar is a 5 MW solar farm in East of England, England, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EN6 3DQ
- Coordinates
- 51.7091, -0.2051
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 Potters Bar 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 East of England All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Swanland Β· 5 MW solar farm2.5 km
- Taylors Lane Β· 144 MW oil-fired power station7.6 km
- Enfield Β· 408 MW CCGT gas power station14.6 km
- Londonwaste Ltd Β· 58 MW energy-from-waste plant14.9 km
- Rye House Β· 715 MW gas-fired power station15.9 km
- Lawrence End Park Β· 5 MW solar farm21.1 km
- Bankside Power Station Β· 300 MW coal-fired power station23.6 km
- Battersea Power Station Β· 509 MW coal-fired power station25.6 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Potters Bar Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- UK Sustainable Energy
- Planning authority
- Hertsmere
- Planning reference
- 15/1289/FUL
- Application submitted
- 3 September 2015
- Permission granted
- 18 December 2015
- Construction started
- 1 December 2016
- Began operating
- 28 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land Rear of Cranborne Road, Household Waste Recycling Cent, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3JN
- REPD reference
- 5660
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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