Ratcliffe on Soar is a familiar sight and is now the last coal-fired power station in the country. It shuts next year. at 2000MW it is worth maybe 250 solar farms. Actually, that doesn't sound like too many. It is said to power 2 million homes. There are said to be 27 million homes (dwellings) in the UK. So this power station suppliesd 7% of the homes. One solar farm might then be worth 8000 homes on nameplate value or more likely 5000 homes average. We would need between 5000 and 6000 solar farms. At the moment there are about 500.
