Skylark
Skylark is a 4.94 MW solar farm in East of England, England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 4.94 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CB23 2SZ
- Coordinates
- 52.2012, -0.0735
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 Skylark compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.94 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,600 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Caldecote Β· 4.98 MW solar farm9.2 km
- Vine Farm Β· 45.9 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Cotton Farm Β· 16.4 MW onshore wind farm10.7 km
- Little Barford GT Β· 17 MW oil-fired power station12.7 km
- Little Barford Β· 735 MW CCGT gas power station12.7 km
- Waterloo Farm 1 and 2 Β· 28.7 MW solar farm14.1 km
- Bury Lane Β· 22.2 MW solar farm14.6 km
- Royston Β· 4.96 MW solar farm15.5 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 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
- Skylark Meadow Solar park
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Planning reference
- S/1611/12/FL
- Application submitted
- 14 August 2012
- Permission granted
- 13 November 2012
- Began operating
- 19 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Caxton Road, Bourn, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB23 2SU
- REPD reference
- 1275
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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