Staughton is a 49.997 MWp photovoltaic plant located mainly on a former airfield on the border between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Built for NextEnergy Capital, the project has a contract value of £11.81 million and took nine months to construct.
The project comprises two interconnected sites feeding a single substation, connected to the UK Power Networks grid at 132 kV. At its inauguration in 2019, it was presented as the UK’s largest subsidy-free solar plant at that time.
Its exact DC capacity is 49,996.52 kWp. The plant includes 103,264 Trina Solar TSM-PE14H modules rated at 335 Wp and 46,676 modules rated at 330 Wp, with a system voltage of 1,500 V DC. Equipment includes 12 power stations with ABB ELEKTRIK 3,588 kVA transformers and Power Electronics FS3450KH inverters. The site is located on Staughton Road, Bedford, MK44 2BZ.