Royston
Royston is a 4.96 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
- 4.96 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
- SG8 5UT
- Coordinates
- 52.0650, -0.0223
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 Royston compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.96 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,610 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
- Royston CIC Β· 4.9 MW solar farm0.0 km
- Melbourn Muncey Farm Β· 30.9 MW solar farm2.3 km
- Bury Lane Β· 22.2 MW solar farm2.4 km
- Melbourn Black Peak Β· 19 MW solar farm5.1 km
- Vine Farm Β· 45.9 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Biggleswade Β· 20 MW onshore wind farm14.2 km
- Skylark Β· 4.94 MW solar farm15.5 km
- Waterloo Farm 1 and 2 Β· 28.7 MW solar farm19.2 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
- Royston Solar Farm (Phase 1) (a)
- Developer / operator
- Canadian Solar
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Planning reference
- S/1427/14/FL
- Application submitted
- 1 July 2014
- Permission granted
- 29 October 2014
- Construction started
- 1 December 2015
- Began operating
- 29 January 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land between Railway and Sewage Disposal Works, Royston Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire
- REPD reference
- 2202
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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