Slaughtergate
Slaughtergate is a 1.84 MW solar farm in South West 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
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1.84 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SP8 5NH
- Coordinates
- 51.0459, -2.3119
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 Slaughtergate compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 1.84 MW station would generate roughly 1.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 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 South West All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Manor Farm Dorset Β· 4.92 MW solar farm1.0 km
- Sutor Β· 4.99 MW solar farm5.7 km
- Shaftesbury Β· 5 MW solar farm9.2 km
- Milborne Port Β· 3.29 MW solar farm12.7 km
- Rudge Hill Farm Β· 1.02 MW solar farm14.8 km
- Cloford Common Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm17.0 km
- Chilton Cantelo Solar park Β· 5 MW solar farm21.1 km
- Southfield Β· 9.76 MW solar farm21.4 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
- Slaughtergate Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning reference
- 2/2012/1042/PLNG
- Application submitted
- 31 August 2012
- Permission granted
- 6 November 2012
- Construction started
- 15 January 2013
- Began operating
- 20 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.8 MW
- Address
- Wavering Lane West, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4NR, Dorset
- REPD reference
- 1439
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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