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Hill Farm — United Kingdom

Solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.9621, -1.3333.

SolarEnglandUnited KingdomPVPre Construction

Hill Farm is a 5 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. It ranks #1552 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 6.6% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

5MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0005164.

Data status

Known data

FacilityHill Farm WRI
CountryUnited Kingdom · England WRI
Coordinates51.9621, -1.3333 WRI
FuelSolar WRI
MW installed capacity5 MW WRI GPPD; source record
OwnerNESF (formerly Earthworm) WRI
TechnologyPV WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#1552 / 2860 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#594 / 1170 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.00× · 5 MW · n=1170 calculated
Climate9.9°C · HDD 2,960 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 22/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 5 MW, Hill Farm is around the median solar plant in United Kingdom (5 MW). Technically it is described as PV. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #594 largest solar power plant of 1170 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 1170 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 8,703 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 51.9621, -1.3333 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

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Hill Farm is a 5 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom.

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