Wreay
Wreay is a 4.98 MW solar farm in North West England, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.98 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CA4 0PY
- Coordinates
- 54.8173, -2.8992
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 Wreay compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.98 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 North West All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Carlisle Estate Β· 5 MW solar farm6.4 km
- Great Orton Β· 3.96 MW onshore wind farm12.6 km
- Moss Thorn Β· 4.97 MW solar farm17.8 km
- High Pow Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm18.9 km
- Hallburn Farm Wind Farm Β· 13.2 MW onshore wind farm21.5 km
- Beckburn Β· 31.1 MW onshore wind farm23.0 km
- Gedulah Β· 18.3 MW solar farm27.6 km
- Westnewton (BEGL4) Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm29.0 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 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
- Land at Wreay
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning reference
- 15/0653
- Application submitted
- 31 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 4 August 2016
- Construction started
- 15 December 2016
- Began operating
- 29 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land At Wreay, Calthwaite, Penrith, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA4 0PY
- REPD reference
- 5525
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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