Friday 3 November 2023

St Helens Lane Solar Farm, Siddick

We spotted this solar farm on the hill behind Siddick. I am trying to gauge the capacity of these installations. Looking at the renewable energy interactive map accessible from the government website, this one is 5MW. I found that for the UK, peak demand is 47GW. To 1sf this gives about 1000W per person, so this solar farm could power half of Wigton. Obviously battery storage would be necessary though!