Bobbing
Bobbing is a 11.6 MW solar farm in South East England, operated by Greencoat Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 11.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ME9 7HZ
- Coordinates
- 51.3601, 0.6830
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 Bobbing compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 11.6 MW station would generate roughly 10 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,760 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 South East All run by Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- New Kaine Β· 1.87 MW solar farm2.1 km
- Grain Β· 1,517 MW gas-fired power station7.3 km
- Medway Β· 755 MW gas-fired power station8.2 km
- Kingsnorth Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station8.3 km
- Damhead Creek Β· 805 MW gas-fired power station8.9 km
- Malmaynes Β· 14.8 MW solar farm11.4 km
- Lenham Β· 6.61 MW solar farm14.9 km
- Abbey Fields Solar Farm Β· 4.94 MW solar farm16.2 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Bobbing solar farm
- Developer / operator
- Solar Securities (Group)
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning reference
- SW/14/0525
- Application submitted
- 6 May 2014
- Permission granted
- 7 December 2015
- Construction started
- 31 January 2016
- Began operating
- 31 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 11.3 MW
- Address
- Cold Harbour Lane, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Kent, Kent, ME9 8NN
- REPD reference
- 1970
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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