Solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.2871, -2.9813.
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Wick Farm Solar Park is a 15 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. It is operated by Hadstone Energy/ Communities for Renewables. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 6,212 homes (estimated). It ranks #727 of 2,862 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0002274.
At 15 MW, Wick Farm Solar Park is well above the median solar plant in United Kingdom (5 MW). Technically it is described as PV. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Hadstone Energy/ Communities for Renewables.
This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 13% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 56/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.
Solar PV loses ~0.35%/°C above 25°C cell temperature — roughly 0.0% at warm-season highs here (estimate).
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
The #113 largest solar power plant of 1170 in United Kingdom by capacity.
United Kingdom has 1170 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 8,674 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 51.2871, -2.9813 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Plants like this lose energy through hot turbines, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines. Inzonex makes removable, reusable turbine & heat-exchanger insulation that cuts that loss by up to 90% and holds surface temperatures under 45°C, unclipping in seconds for maintenance. See the industrial-AI efficiency hub for tools and benchmarks.
Wick Farm Solar Park is a 15 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom, commissioned in 2016.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 6,212 homes (estimated).
Wick Farm Solar Park is operated by Hadstone Energy/ Communities for Renewables.
