Steventon
Steventon is a 10 MW solar farm in South East England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 10 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- OX13 6AP
- Coordinates
- 51.6334, -1.3613
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 Steventon compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 10 MW station would generate roughly 8.8 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,260 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Didcot A Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station6.5 km
- Didcot GT Β· 100 MW oil-fired power station12.7 km
- Didcot B Β· 1,450 MW gas-fired power station12.7 km
- Howbery Β· 0.75 MW solar farm17.6 km
- Eynsham Solar Farm Β· 13.5 MW solar farm18.4 km
- Chalgrove Β· 2.4 MW solar farm18.5 km
- Flit Β· 10.5 MW solar farm19.6 km
- Chalgrove Solar Limited Β· 21.3 MW solar farm21.2 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
- Steventon Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- Foresight
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning reference
- P12/V1571/FUL
- Application submitted
- 18 July 2012
- Permission granted
- 17 October 2012
- Construction started
- 15 March 2014
- Began operating
- 19 June 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Land to West of Steventon Field, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, Oxfordshire
- REPD reference
- 1817
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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