Fairwinds
Fairwinds is a 12.2 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
- 12.2 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
- SS16 6EB
- Coordinates
- 51.5641, 0.3896
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 Fairwinds compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 12.2 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,960 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
- Outwood Β· 4.97 MW solar farm6.7 km
- Cranham Β· 3 MW solar farm7.3 km
- Coryton Energy Company Ltd Β· 800 MW CCGT gas power station8.9 km
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· 1,050 MW coal-fired power station11.3 km
- Dagenham Β· 5.9 MW onshore wind farm16.6 km
- Crossness Β· 1.5 MW solar farm18.5 km
- Malmaynes Β· 14.8 MW solar farm19.4 km
- Beckton Β· 0.45 MW solar farm21.1 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
- Site name in planning record
- Fairwind Farm
- Developer / operator
- MS Power Projects Ltd
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning reference
- 13/00543/FUL
- Application submitted
- 10 June 2013
- Permission granted
- 25 November 2013
- Construction started
- 23 June 2014
- Began operating
- 30 September 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Fairwind Farm Lower Dunton Road Laindon Essex, Essex
- REPD reference
- 1763
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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