Vine Farm
Vine Farm is a 45.9 MW solar farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 45.9 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SG8 0HJ
- Coordinates
- 52.1111, -0.0691
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 Vine Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 45.9 MW station would generate roughly 40 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 14,900 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Royston Β· 4.96 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Royston CIC Β· 4.9 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Bury Lane Β· 22.2 MW solar farm6.1 km
- Melbourn Muncey Farm Β· 30.9 MW solar farm7.5 km
- Melbourn Black Peak Β· 19 MW solar farm8.9 km
- Skylark Β· 4.94 MW solar farm10.0 km
- Biggleswade Β· 20 MW onshore wind farm13.0 km
- Waterloo Farm 1 and 2 Β· 28.7 MW solar farm14.1 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
- Vine Farm Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- Allianz
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Planning reference
- S/1067/14/FL
- Application submitted
- 9 May 2014
- Construction started
- 1 August 2015
- Began operating
- 15 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 45 MW
- Address
- Vine House, Vine Farm, High Street, Shingay Cum Wendy, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0HJ
- REPD reference
- 2329
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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