Short Hazel
Short Hazel is a 5 MW solar farm in East Midlands 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
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DE11 7BD
- Coordinates
- 52.7755, -1.5111
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 Short Hazel 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 Midlands All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Ashby Β· 4.8 MW solar farm2.6 km
- Ashby Β· 4.8 MW solar farm2.6 km
- Prestop Park Β· 15.9 MW solar farm3.3 km
- Spring Lane Β· 0.96 MW solar farm6.4 km
- Willington Power Station Β· 400 MW coal-fired power station9.5 km
- Langley Priory Β· 2.04 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Ibstock Β· 4.82 MW solar farm12.1 km
- Rolleston Β· 18 MW solar farm13.7 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
- Short Hazel Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Pearmat Solar
- Planning authority
- South Derbyshire
- Planning reference
- 9/2015/0257
- Application submitted
- 23 March 2015
- Permission granted
- 5 August 2015
- Construction started
- 5 January 2016
- Began operating
- 2 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Short Hazel Farm Land At SK322, Manchester Lane, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, DE11 7BD
- REPD reference
- 5156
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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