Walland Farm
Walland Farm is a 5 MW solar farm in South West 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
- South West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- EX39 5DP
- Coordinates
- 50.9758, -4.3468
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 Walland Farm 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 South West All run by Octopus InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Galsworthy Β· 9.2 MW onshore wind farm7.8 km
- Bulkworthy Solar Β· 6.24 MW solar farm9.0 km
- East Youlstone Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm10.1 km
- Crimp Wind Power Ltd Β· 2.43 MW onshore wind farm12.2 km
- East Langford Solar Β· 5 MW solar farm13.0 km
- Southcombe Farm Β· 1.21 MW solar farm13.6 km
- Cleave Farm Β· 4.56 MW solar farm14.7 km
- Knockworthy Farm Solar Park Β· 4.65 MW solar farm15.7 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
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Torridge
- Planning reference
- 1/0518/2014/FULM
- Application submitted
- 22 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 21 August 2014
- Construction started
- 11 November 2014
- Began operating
- 4 February 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land Associated With Walland Farm Bucks Cross Woolsery Devon, Devon, EX39 5DP
- REPD reference
- 2336
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.
View the original source
Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it against the source.