Finvoy
Finvoy is a 5.96 MW solar farm in Northern Ireland, operated by Lightsource BP. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5.96 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- BT44 8SD
- Coordinates
- 54.9638, -6.4930
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 Finvoy compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5.96 MW station would generate roughly 5.2 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,930 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.
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- Corkey Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm15.8 km
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- Altaveedan Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm18.5 km
- Elginny Β· 23 MW onshore wind farm19.5 km
- Ballymena Β· 4.6 MW onshore wind farm21.4 km
- Brackagh Quarry Β· 5 MW onshore wind farm21.8 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
- Finvoy Road
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Planning reference
- D/2014/0234/F
- Application submitted
- 4 December 2014
- Permission granted
- 10 August 2015
- Construction started
- 17 May 2017
- Began operating
- 15 December 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.9 MW
- Address
- Lands to the West of 289 Finvoy Road, Rasharkin, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT44 8SD
- REPD reference
- 4884
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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