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Solar power in Great Britain

Every solar panel in Great Britain is connected to a local distribution network, not the transmission grid - so national solar output is an estimate (PV Live), not a meter reading.

National data has tracked solar since January 2013; earlier years show 'not tracked', never a fabricated zero.

Stations
1,537
Capacity
12.7 GW
Live feeds
4
transmission-metered

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Largest solar farms

Full ranking
#StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorRegion
1
Cleve HillLive
373SolarWPO UK ServicesSouth East England
2
Llanwern Solar Farm & Battery Storage
75Solar PhotovoltaicsNextEnergy Capital LLPSouth Wales
3
Sutton BridgeLive
73.1SolarEDF EnergyEast Midlands
4
Shotwick
72.2SolarForesight GroupNorth Wales & Merseyside
5
Shotwick Solar Farm
72.2Solar PhotovoltaicsForesight Solar FundNorth Wales & Merseyside
6
Larks Green Solar FarmLive
70Solar PhotovoltaicsEnso Energy / Iron Acton GreenWest Midlands
7
BurwellLive
69.9SolarEDF EnergyEast England
8
Bradenstoke Solar Park Ltd
69.8SolarBluefield ServicesSouth England
9
Porth Wen
69.1SolarEDF EnergyNorth Wales & Merseyside
10
Breach Solar
67.4SolarQuintas EnergyEast England
11
Vicarage Drove
66.1SolarEuropean Energy A/SEast Midlands
12
Layer Solar Farm
62.7SolarLow CarbonEast England
13
Tiln Solar
61.5SolarGreencoat CapitalEast Midlands
14
Swindon
60.9SolarGreencoat CapitalSouth England
15
Gonerby Moor, Great Gonerby - Solar Farm
60Solar PhotovoltaicsSonnedixEast Midlands
16
Darlington Road, Skeeby
55Solar PhotovoltaicsAtrato Onsite Energy / Harmony EnergyNorth East England
17
South Fambridge Hall
52.7SolarQuintas EnergyEast England
18
Owls Hatch
51.9SolarCubico Sustainable InvestmentsSouth East England
19
Defford
50SolarLightsource BPWest Midlands
20
Gorse Lane
50SolarGreencoat CapitalEast Midlands

By country

Share of generation by year

  1. 2009not tracked
  2. 2010not tracked
  3. 2011not tracked
  4. 2012not tracked
  5. 20130.6%
  6. 20141.3%
  7. 20152.4%
  8. 20163.3%
  9. 20173.5%
  10. 20183.8%
  11. 20193.9%
  12. 20204.4%
  13. 20214.1%
  14. 20224.6%
  15. 20234.9%
  16. 20245.0%
  17. 20256.5%
  18. 20268.5% ytd

Yearly average share of GB generation, from NESO's historic half-hourly data. Explore any year in the history explorer.

Solar records

Peak solar
16.3 GW
2026-04-23
Sunniest half-hour
46.6%
2026-05-24

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