Upper Meadowley
Upper Meadowley is a 4.87 MW solar farm in West Midlands England, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- West Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.87 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- WV16 6UQ
- Coordinates
- 52.5295, -2.4909
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 Upper Meadowley compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.87 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,580 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 West Midlands All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Ironbridge B Power Station Β· 1,000 MW coal-fired power station11.3 km
- Pitchford Β· 21 MW solar farm18.8 km
- Wrockwardine Β· 10.5 MW solar farm20.2 km
- Albrighton Β· 4.97 MW solar farm21.3 km
- Sheriffhales Β· 5 MW solar farm21.4 km
- Granville Β· 4.44 MW solar farm21.6 km
- High Point Β· 3.75 MW solar farm21.6 km
- Henley Β· 5 MW solar farm21.6 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Upper Meadowley Farm
- Developer / operator
- GDL Upper Meadowley
- Planning authority
- Shropshire
- Planning reference
- 14/03933/FUL
- Application submitted
- 28 August 2014
- Permission granted
- 12 November 2015
- Construction started
- 31 January 2017
- Began operating
- 31 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 10.7 MW
- Address
- Upper Meadowley Farm, Upton Cresset, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Shropshire, WV16 6UQ
- REPD reference
- 2272
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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