Canada Farm is an 8.3 MW solar power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by British Solar Renewables. Ranked #288 of 1175 solar plants in the United Kingdom. Its 8.3 MW accounts for 0.1% of the United Kingdom's total solar capacity of 8,708 MW. The largest solar plant in the United Kingdom is Shotwick at 72 MW, making Canada Farm 8.7 times smaller. Nearby plants include Chickerell (45 MW, Oil), Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2 (36 MW, Solar), and Verwood Solar Farm (20.4 MW, Solar). The facility is located in Dorset, approximately 10 km from the nearest major city, Weymouth.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,156. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #25,650 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,630 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
British Solar Renewables operates 23 plants totalling 131 MW
388 plants within 100 km, 10,007 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Canada Farm is a solar power plant producing approximately 13 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~41 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Solar
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United Kingdom- Continent
- Europe
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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