Rodbourne Rail Farm - Solar Park— 7.6 MW Solar
Rodbourne Rail Farm - Solar Park is a 7.6 MW solar power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by British Solar Renewables since 2019. Ranked #326 of 1175 solar plants in the United Kingdom. Its 7.6 MW represents 0.09% 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 Rodbourne Rail Farm 9.5 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Berkeley nuclear power station (276 MW, Nuclear), MOD Lyneham (69.8 MW, Solar), and Wroughton Airfield Solar Park (50 MW, Solar). The facility is located in Wiltshire, approximately 30 km north of Bath.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,228. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #26,247 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,868 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
British Solar Renewables operates 23 plants totalling 131 MW
509 plants within 100 km, 16,334 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Rodbourne Rail Farm - Solar Park is a solar power plant producing approximately 12 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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