Cranham
Cranham is a 3 MW solar farm in London, 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
- London
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- RM14 3NU
- Coordinates
- 51.5604, 0.2837
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 Cranham compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 3 MW station would generate roughly 2.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 970 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Fairwinds Β· 12.2 MW solar farm7.3 km
- Dagenham Β· 5.9 MW onshore wind farm9.8 km
- Coryton Energy Company Ltd Β· 800 MW CCGT gas power station10.7 km
- Crossness Β· 1.5 MW solar farm11.7 km
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· 1,050 MW coal-fired power station12.0 km
- Outwood Β· 4.97 MW solar farm12.4 km
- Beckton Β· 0.45 MW solar farm14.0 km
- Riverside - Energy from Waste Β· 80 MW energy-from-waste plant15.4 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
- Cranham Golf Course Solar Park
- Developer / operator
- Cranham Golf Course
- Planning authority
- Havering
- Planning reference
- P0907.14
- Application submitted
- 27 June 2014
- Permission granted
- 13 August 2015
- Construction started
- 21 September 2016
- Began operating
- 21 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.6 MW
- Address
- Cranham Golf Course St. Marys Lane Upminster, London
- REPD reference
- 2117
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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