Solar panels for farms in Boston
The case for solar on a Boston holding turns on how much of the output the farm uses itself, not on how much the roof makes. What decides a farm scheme here is the state of the roof sheets and the incoming supply, which is why the survey looks at both before anyone sizes an array.
906 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 453,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in BostonIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Agricultural rooftop solar across Lincolnshire
What a farm roof near Boston generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1158 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 906 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That sits within a few percent of the mean across the areas we cover, so what decides the scheme is your own demand pattern rather than the latitude.
The planning record lists 2 ground mounted solar schemes in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has treated field arrays. The typical consented scheme in this district is about 5.5 MW, with the largest at 9.7 MW. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.
4 roof mounted schemes are on record nearby. Roof arrays under a megawatt frequently never reach that database at all, so the real number of farm roofs generating around Boston is higher than the record shows.
Most of the buildings we look at here sit in the PE postcode area.
Boston is the planning authority for most holdings here, and it is the authority that decides whether an array on an agricultural building falls inside permitted development.
Boston ranks 1 of 8 towns we cover in Lincolnshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 861 to 906, a spread of 45 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 22,500 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.
Grid connection through National Grid Electricity Distribution
National Grid Electricity Distribution is the network operator here, and their answer on export capacity shapes the design. Any commercial array above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99 rather than G98, and the application fixes what you are allowed to push back onto the network. If the local network is tight, limiting export rarely breaks the case here: most of the generation is consumed on site while the building is working.
Across Lincolnshire the planning database records 226 solar schemes totalling 7052 MW, of which 37 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Solar already consented near PE21
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026. These are the schemes on record in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has been treating export applications.
| Scheme | Operator | Capacity | Mounting | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fen Road | Lark Energy | 1.4 MW | Ground | Operational |
| Pinguin Foods | Pinguin Foods Ltd | 1.5 MW | Roof | Operational |
| Boston Landfill, Wyberton - Solar PV Array | Infinis Solar Developments Limited | 9.7 MW | Ground | Under Construction |
| Riverside Industrial Estate - Solar PV Panels | Howard Tenens Associates Limited | 0.89 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| Marsh Lane - Solar PV Panels | Howard Tenens Limited | 0.89 MW | Roof | Under Construction |
| Greenyard Frozen, Marsh Lane - Solar Panels | Mistral Renewable Energy Limited | 0.45 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
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Questions about solar in Boston
- How much does a farm roof near Boston generate?
- The model gives 906 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 453,000 kWh a year before shading losses. A building of roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof carries it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Will the rural network around Boston take the export?
- National Grid Electricity Distribution is the distribution network operator for Lincolnshire. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. Rural supplies are often the binding constraint, so we ask the question before an array is sized.
- Is planning permission needed for panels on a farm building near Boston?
- Usually permitted development covers a roof array. Ground mounted arrays are a different question and are far more likely to need a full application. We put both to Boston before design sign-off.
- Has anyone near PE21 already done this?
- The planning database records 2 ground mounted and 4 roof mounted solar schemes in this postcode district. That matters less as proof it works and more as evidence of how the local network has treated export applications. Roof arrays under a megawatt often never appear in the database, so the real figure is higher. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.