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The solar farms that now have a date to build by.

A solar farm needs planning approval and a date to connect before anyone orders a module. Either on its own is a hope. This page counts the projects that have just reached the point where construction becomes a question of when.

Cards since 21 September 2026
48
megawatts approved
4,534
Regions with activity
10

Last updated 6 November 2026. To quote a figure: “CapexRadar, capexradar.uk/solar, 6 November 2026”.

See the cards on StanfellStanfell is where suppliers read the cards, with the company and how to reach it. Try it with a work email.
  • Scotland2
  • Northern Ireland0
  • North East1
  • North West4
  • Yorkshire and the Humber5
  • Wales3
  • West Midlands2
  • East Midlands17
  • East of England7
  • South West5
  • London0
  • South East1
By region, all months48 in all, 1 not placed

What a card is

One company, one change, one date. This one is more than a month old, so it can be shown here; on Stanfell the card arrives the day it is published, with the company’s phone number and a reading for your trade.

South West · published September 2026

IRON ACTON GREEN LIMITED

20.6 MW

in_construction · date on the record 30 September 2026

On Stanfell: the company’s phone, email and website, what else is on record about it, and where to mark how the call went.

By region

RegionCardsShare
Scotland212% of the busiest region
Northern Ireland00% of the busiest region
North East16% of the busiest region
North West424% of the busiest region
Yorkshire and the Humber529% of the busiest region
Wales318% of the busiest region
West Midlands212% of the busiest region
East Midlands17100% of the busiest region
East of England741% of the busiest region
South West529% of the busiest region
London00% of the busiest region
South East16% of the busiest region
Not placed16% of the busiest region

A region comes from the postcode of the site or centre. Where the record has none, the card is counted as not placed rather than guessed.

By month

A month gets its own page once it holds 5 or more cards.

Named, once a month has passed.

For its first 30 days a card is a lead, and it belongs to Stanfell subscribers. After that the company appears here. Only companies and public bodies are named; where the holder may be a person, the entry stays anonymous.

CompanyRegionChangePublished
IRON ACTON GREEN LIMITEDSouth West20.6 MWSeptember 2026

How this page counts

What is counted
A ground-mounted solar project that gained approval, a firm connection date, or both.
What is left out
Rooftop systems, projects still in planning, and schemes without a stated capacity.

Why it matters to a supplier

  • Construction usually starts within a year of approval and a connection date being in place, and the EPC, the modules and the site works are all bought in that year.
  • Regional totals show where land, grid capacity and planning are lining up, which changes faster than most people expect.
  • Many sites are co-located with storage, and the same owner is often buying for both.

Questions

Does this cover rooftop and commercial solar?
No. Rooftop systems do not leave the kind of dated public record this engine reads. It covers ground-mounted projects large enough to need approval as a generating station.
How often is it updated?
Every weekday, after the engine's overnight run. Monthly archives are fixed once the month has closed.

The cards behind these numbers

On Stanfell, every card in this sector carries the figure, the date, the company behind it and a reading for your trade, the day it is published.

Solar farm leads on Stanfell