Beckton
Beckton is a 0.45 MW solar farm in London, England, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- London
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 0.45 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- IG11 0AD
- Coordinates
- 51.5178, 0.0935
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Beckton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 0.45 MW station would generate roughly 0.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 150 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in London All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Crossness Β· 1.5 MW solar farm3.2 km
- Dagenham Β· 5.9 MW onshore wind farm4.9 km
- Riverside - Energy from Waste Β· 80 MW energy-from-waste plant5.8 km
- SELCHP Β· 35 MW energy-from-waste plant10.4 km
- Bankside Power Station Β· 300 MW coal-fired power station13.4 km
- Cranham Β· 3 MW solar farm14.0 km
- Londonwaste Ltd Β· 58 MW energy-from-waste plant14.8 km
- Enfield Β· 408 MW CCGT gas power station15.6 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Planning Permission Granted
- Site name in planning record
- Atlantis Avenue, Beckton - Solar PV Systems
- Developer / operator
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Planning authority
- Newham
- Planning reference
- 23/00695/PREPV
- Application submitted
- 27 April 2023
- Permission granted
- 20 June 2023
- Capacity in planning record
- 0.36 MW
- Address
- 20 Atlantis Avenue, Beckton, London, E16 2BF
- REPD reference
- 13857
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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