Staining Wood
Staining Wood is a 5 MW solar farm in North 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
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PR4 3PH
- Coordinates
- 53.7854, -2.9587
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 Staining Wood compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 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.
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- Orchard End Windfarm Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm14.1 km
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- Bilsborrow Β· 4.99 MW solar farm14.7 km
- West Field Β· 4.94 MW solar farm16.0 km
- Fell View Β· 4.26 MW solar farm21.4 km
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- Pilkington Β· 2.3 MW solar farm25.4 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
- Staining Wood Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Fylde
- Planning reference
- 15/0337
- Application submitted
- 18 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 30 September 2015
- Construction started
- 4 January 2016
- Began operating
- 30 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 4.9 MW
- Address
- Staining Wood Farm, Preston New Road, Westby, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3PH
- REPD reference
- 5328
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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