Wymeswold
Wymeswold is a 2.13 MW solar farm in East Midlands England, operated by Anesco. 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
- 2.13 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LE12 6UA
- Coordinates
- 52.8036, -1.1113
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 Wymeswold compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.13 MW station would generate roughly 1.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 690 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Wymeswold - Wide Lane Β· 4.28 MW solar farm3.4 km
- Six Hills Β· 18.7 MW solar farm3.9 km
- Dalby Solar Β· 6.88 MW solar farm4.8 km
- Dalby Β· 7.29 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Ratcliffe (OCGT) Β· 34 MW oil-fired power station11.0 km
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Β· 2,116 MW coal-fired power station11.7 km
- Asfordby B Β· 4.98 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm13.3 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 to the East of Burton Lane
- Developer / operator
- EBS Energy LLP
- Planning authority
- Charnwood
- Planning reference
- P/14/1723/2
- Application submitted
- 17 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 21 September 2015
- Construction started
- 15 March 2016
- Began operating
- 15 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.6 MW
- Address
- Land At Ridgewold Farm, Burton Lane, Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- REPD reference
- 1285
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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