Tope Farm
Tope Farm is a 3.31 MW solar farm in South West 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 West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 3.31 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TQ9 7DR
- Coordinates
- 50.3628, -3.6456
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 Tope Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3.31 MW station would generate roughly 2.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,070 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Hazard Β· 5.66 MW solar farm10.4 km
- Slade Farm Β· 4.1 MW solar farm11.6 km
- Hatchlands Β· 5.22 MW solar farm12.0 km
- Marley Thatch Β· 6.22 MW solar farm13.5 km
- Rydon Farm Β· 9.58 MW solar farm16.0 km
- Luson Β· 1.9 MW solar farm21.0 km
- EP Langage Ltd Β· 905 MW CCGT gas power station26.1 km
- Portworthy Β· 4.02 MW solar farm27.3 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
- Blackawton Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Maria Bailey Planning
- Planning authority
- South Hams
- Planning reference
- 06/2883/13/F
- Application submitted
- 3 December 2013
- Permission granted
- 4 March 2014
- Construction started
- 1 June 2014
- Began operating
- 30 September 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 3 MW
- Address
- Proposed Solar Farm site at SX828 522, Blackawton, Devon
- REPD reference
- 1283
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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