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About Sutton Bridge Solar Farm
Sutton Bridge Solar Farm is a 49 MW solar farm at Sutton Bridge, near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. It has been operational since April 2024, according to the planning database.
Its 49 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across one balancing mechanism unit. Every half hour each unit tells the grid how much it will generate (its physical notification): that is the live figure above, and GridMonkey records it every half hour for the chart.
Solar farms generate in daylight only: their output climbs from sunrise to a midday peak and falls to zero at dusk, higher on clear days and in summer. Few solar farms report their output one by one: Sutton Bridge Solar Farm is one of only eight in Great Britain that do, while the government lists 1,386 as operating. Why so few?
| Type | Solar farm |
|---|---|
| Registered capacity | 49 MW (Elexon) |
| Installed capacity | 49.9 MW (REPD) |
| Status | Operational since April 2024 (REPD, July 2026) |
| Construction began | April 2022 (REPD) |
| Site area | 118 hectares (REPD) |
| Area | Lincolnshire |
| Location | At Sutton Bridge, near Spalding, in Lincolnshire 52.757° N, 0.193° E |
| Planning authority | South Holland |
| Owner | EDF |
| Operator in REPD | EDF Energy Renewables |
| Elexon lead party | EDF Energy Customers Limited |
| BM unit | T_SUTBS-1 49 MW |
| Size | Joint ninth largest of the 1,386 solar farms operating in Great Britain (REPD) |
The other solar farms that report live
- Cleve Hill Solar Park 317 MW, Kent
- Breach Solar Farm 50 MW, Cambridgeshire
- Bulphan Fen Solar Farm 50 MW, Essex
- Burwell Solar Farm 50 MW, Cambridgeshire
- Larks Green Solar Farm 50 MW, South Gloucestershire
- Tye Lane Solar Farm 50 MW, Suffolk
- Tebworth Solar Farm 46 MW, Bedfordshire
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Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026 (licence). The farm's name and area come from GridMonkey's own table, matched to the units in Elexon's register; its output here is its physical notification, not metered generation. Installed capacity, status, dates, site area, battery, planning authority, operator and location: Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, July 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.