Wilbees
Wilbees is a 5 MW solar farm in South East 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BN26 6RU
- Coordinates
- 50.8404, 0.1907
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 Wilbees 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 East All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Natewood Β· 8.98 MW solar farm3.5 km
- Horam Solar Park Β· 2.57 MW solar farm9.2 km
- Horam Β· 8.12 MW solar farm10.6 km
- Bentley Estate Β· 4.78 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Bentley Estate 2 Β· 5 MW solar farm12.3 km
- Upper Clayhill Β· 4.75 MW solar farm12.5 km
- St Francis Β· 4.33 MW solar farm18.8 km
- Rampion Β· 400 MW offshore wind farm31.5 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
- Wilbees Farm
- Developer / operator
- Hive Energy
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning reference
- WD/2014/1838/MEA
- Application submitted
- 5 September 2014
- Permission granted
- 14 November 2014
- Construction started
- 1 July 2016
- Began operating
- 21 October 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Wilbees Farm, The Street, Polegate, East Sussex
- REPD reference
- 2258
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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