Shotwick
Shotwick is a 72.2 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by Foresight Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Wales
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 72.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Foresight Group
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CH5 2UA
- Coordinates
- 53.2321, -3.0069
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 Shotwick compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 72.2 MW station would generate roughly 63 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 23,430 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 Wales All run by Foresight GroupNearby generating sites
- Connahs Quay Β· 1,380 MW gas-fired power station4.8 km
- Cheshire Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station9.6 km
- Frodsham Wind Farm Β· 50.4 MW onshore wind farm16.6 km
- Runcorn Energy from Waste Β· 91 MW energy-from-waste plant19.9 km
- Rocksavage Power Company Ltd Β· 810 MW CCGT gas power station20.6 km
- Fiddler's Ferry Power Station Β· 1,995 MW coal-fired power station26.3 km
- Acrefair Β· 5 MW solar farm27.5 km
- Burbo Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm30.8 km
Also operated by Foresight Group
Foresight Group operates 4 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
- Shotwick Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Foresight Solar Fund
- Planning authority
- Flintshire
- Planning reference
- 51772
- Application submitted
- 21 February 2014
- Permission granted
- 1 June 2015
- Construction started
- 15 November 2015
- Began operating
- 31 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 72.2 MW
- Address
- Weighbridge Road, Sealand, Deeside, Clwyd,, Flintshire, CH5 2NN
- REPD reference
- 2347
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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