Stables Farm
Stables Farm is a 1 MW solar farm in South East England, operated by Atmosclear. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Atmosclear
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PO30 4NH
- Coordinates
- 50.6971, -1.4220
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 Stables Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 1 MW station would generate roughly 0.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 320 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 East All run by AtmosclearNearby generating sites
- Shalfleet Β· 5 MW solar farm0.4 km
- Homestead Β· 3.95 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Cowes Β· 140 MW oil-fired power station8.9 km
- Chawton Β· 3.65 MW solar farm9.4 km
- Marvel (Stone Farm) Β· 5 MW solar farm10.7 km
- Isle of Wight Β· 6.23 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Mopley/Cadland Β· 3.02 MW solar farm12.7 km
- Fawley (Langley) Β· 5 MW solar farm12.8 km
Also operated by Atmosclear
Atmosclear operates 9 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
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Isle of Wight
- Planning reference
- P/00353/12
- Application submitted
- 13 March 2012
- Permission granted
- 12 June 2012
- Construction started
- 9 July 2012
- Began operating
- 7 August 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.5 MW
- Address
- Warlands Lane Shalfleet Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4NH, Isle of Wight
- REPD reference
- 1421
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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