Rolleston
Rolleston is a 18 MW solar farm in West Midlands 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
- West Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 18 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DE13 9HH
- Coordinates
- 52.8397, -1.6854
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 Rolleston compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 18 MW station would generate roughly 16 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,840 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Marchington Β· 5 MW solar farm6.1 km
- Aston House Β· 19.8 MW solar farm6.6 km
- Green Lane Β· 4.23 MW solar farm7.6 km
- Willington Power Station Β· 400 MW coal-fired power station8.4 km
- Dove View Β· 4.57 MW solar farm9.3 km
- Somersall Β· 2.56 MW solar farm10.8 km
- Holtwood Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.8 km
- Willows Farm Β· 4.62 MW solar farm12.9 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
- Rolleston Park Farm
- Developer / operator
- Push Energy
- Planning authority
- East Staffordshire
- Planning reference
- P/2014/00830
- Application submitted
- 9 July 2014
- Permission granted
- 10 September 2014
- Construction started
- 1 December 2014
- Began operating
- 31 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 18.7 MW
- Address
- Rolleston Park Farm, Lodge Hill, Tutbury, Staffordshire, DE13 9HQ
- REPD reference
- 2196
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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