Winnards
Winnards is a 4.45 MW solar farm in South West 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 West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.45 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TR9 6DG
- Coordinates
- 50.4624, -4.9199
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 Winnards compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.45 MW station would generate roughly 3.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,440 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Bears Down Β· 9.6 MW onshore wind farm2.7 km
- Denzell Downs Windfarm Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm3.0 km
- Penhale Β· 3.53 MW solar farm5.1 km
- St Breock Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Indian Queens Power Ltd Β· 140 MW oil-fired power station8.3 km
- Clann Farm Β· 1.49 MW solar farm10.1 km
- Trefullock Β· 5 MW solar farm11.0 km
- Burthy Β· 13.1 MW solar farm11.2 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
- Winnards Perch Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Solar Securities Group
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning reference
- PA12/05258
- Application submitted
- 13 June 2012
- Permission granted
- 26 October 2012
- Construction started
- 15 June 2013
- Began operating
- 31 July 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.8 MW
- Address
- Southmoor Farm, Winnards Perch, St Columb, Cornwall, Cornwall, TR9 6DG
- REPD reference
- 2348
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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