Southfield
Southfield is a 9.76 MW solar farm in South West England, operated by Cubico Sustainable 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
- 9.76 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BA22 8HQ
- Coordinates
- 51.0139, -2.6131
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 Southfield compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 9.76 MW station would generate roughly 8.5 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,170 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 Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Chilton Cantelo Solar park Β· 5 MW solar farm2.3 km
- Manor Farm Β· 4.87 MW solar farm6.5 km
- Copley Wood (Renewables (SW)) Β· 1.5 MW solar farm9.8 km
- Somerton Door Β· 8.7 MW solar farm11.7 km
- Milborne Port Β· 3.29 MW solar farm11.9 km
- Caswell Β· 5.91 MW solar farm14.7 km
- Sutor Β· 4.99 MW solar farm15.7 km
- North Perrott Fruit Farm Β· 0.82 MW solar farm17.5 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 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
- Southfield Farm Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning reference
- 14/00215/FUL
- Application submitted
- 20 January 2014
- Permission granted
- 9 July 2015
- Construction started
- 15 September 2015
- Began operating
- 31 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 11.5 MW
- Address
- Land At Southfield Farm, Smithy Lane, Yeovilton, Yeovil,, Somerset
- REPD reference
- 2060
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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