Watnall
Watnall is a 10 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 10 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG16 1HY
- Coordinates
- 53.0167, -1.2334
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 Watnall compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 10 MW station would generate roughly 8.8 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,240 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 Midlands All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Gedling Β· 5.74 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Crow Trees Solar Farm Β· 4.69 MW solar farm11.2 km
- Lindhurst Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- Belper Β· 5 MW solar farm14.2 km
- Radcliffe Β· 4.16 MW solar farm14.4 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm15.8 km
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm16.5 km
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Β· 2,116 MW coal-fired power station17.0 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 sites in the register. Largest first:
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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