Stragglethorpe
Stragglethorpe is a 5 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG12 3HD
- Coordinates
- 52.9189, -1.0617
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 Stragglethorpe 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.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in East Midlands All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm0.8 km
- Radcliffe Β· 4.16 MW solar farm2.1 km
- Gedling Β· 5.74 MW solar farm8.1 km
- Wymeswold - Wide Lane Β· 4.28 MW solar farm13.0 km
- Dalby Solar Β· 6.88 MW solar farm13.1 km
- Wymeswold Β· 2.13 MW solar farm13.3 km
- Dalby Β· 7.29 MW onshore wind farm14.1 km
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Β· 2,116 MW coal-fired power station14.2 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 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
- Stragglethorpe Road farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Rushcliffe
- Planning reference
- 15/01776/FUL
- Application submitted
- 9 January 2015
- Permission granted
- 1 December 2015
- Construction started
- 5 February 2016
- Began operating
- 29 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land Opposite Entrance To, Main Road, Cotgrave Place Golf Clu, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 2JZ
- REPD reference
- 5654
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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