Exning
Exning is a 30.3 MW solar farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 30.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CB8 0XG
- Coordinates
- 52.2499, 0.3633
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 Exning compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 30.3 MW station would generate roughly 27 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 9,820 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 East of England All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Breach Solar Β· 67.4 MW solar farm4.8 km
- Burwell Β· 69.9 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Goosehall Β· 43.2 MW solar farm6.0 km
- Chittering 2 Β· 6.3 MW solar farm12.3 km
- Chittering Β· 4.99 MW solar farm12.3 km
- Stowbridge Β· 24.3 MW solar farm13.2 km
- Broxted Β· 31.6 MW solar farm16.8 km
- Willburton 2 (Mingay Farm) Β· 19.3 MW solar farm16.9 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
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Vortex (formerly Sun Edison)
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning reference
- 13/00878/ESF
- Application submitted
- 22 October 2013
- Permission granted
- 4 July 2014
- Construction started
- 1 November 2014
- Began operating
- 27 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 29.9 MW
- Address
- Land Off Heath Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire
- REPD reference
- 1913
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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