Turves
Turves is a 5 MW solar farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PE7 2HS
- Coordinates
- 52.5303, -0.0262
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 Turves 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 of England All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Burnthouse Β· 4.76 MW solar farm0.3 km
- Burnthouse Windfarm Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm0.9 km
- Greenvale March Β· 1.5 MW onshore wind farm2.0 km
- Ransonmoor Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm4.4 km
- Glassmoor II Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm5.7 km
- Glassmoor I Β· 16 MW onshore wind farm9.4 km
- Honeysome Β· 4.35 MW solar farm9.5 km
- Coldham Β· 16 MW onshore wind farm9.5 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
- Turves Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Abbey Renewables
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning reference
- F/YR11/0362/F
- Application submitted
- 13 May 2011
- Permission granted
- 12 April 2012
- Construction started
- 2 November 2012
- Began operating
- 19 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land West Of 15 Burnthouse Sidings, Turves, Whittlesey,, Cambridgeshire
- REPD reference
- 1171
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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