Wisbech
Wisbech is a 3.4 MW solar farm in East of England, England, operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. 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
- 3.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PE14 0AZ
- Coordinates
- 52.6411, 0.1563
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 Wisbech compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3.4 MW station would generate roughly 3.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,100 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 Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- White Mill Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Stags Holt Β· 20 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Rose & Crown Β· 30.1 MW solar farm9.1 km
- Grange Β· 14 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Grange Wind Farm (GB) Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm11.8 km
- Sutton Bridge Β· 73.1 MW solar farm13.1 km
- Wryde Croft Wind Farm (GB) Β· 26 MW onshore wind farm13.4 km
- Glassmoor I Β· 16 MW onshore wind farm15.1 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 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
- Wisbech Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning reference
- F/YR14/0856/F
- Application submitted
- 24 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 21 January 2015
- Construction started
- 1 October 2015
- Began operating
- 15 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.5 MW
- Address
- Land North of Begdale Road, Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 0BE
- REPD reference
- 4736
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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