Hawton
Hawton is a 4.88 MW solar farm in East Midlands 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 Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4.88 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NG24 3RJ
- Coordinates
- 53.0315, -0.8140
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 Hawton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.88 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,580 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 Midlands All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Newark Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm1.9 km
- Staythorpe Β· 1,828 MW CCGT gas power station4.7 km
- Staythorpe C Power Station Β· 1,735 MW power station5.4 km
- Lodge Farm Β· 12 MW solar farm7.4 km
- Marston Β· 4.51 MW solar farm10.8 km
- Gedling Β· 5.74 MW solar farm18.6 km
- Bilsthorpe Β· 10.3 MW onshore wind farm18.9 km
- Eakring Β· 11.8 MW solar farm19.1 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
- Grange Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lark Energy
- Planning authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Planning reference
- 11/00333/FULM
- Application submitted
- 25 February 2011
- Permission granted
- 25 May 2011
- Began operating
- 13 July 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 4.6 MW
- Address
- Land Off Cotham Road, Hawton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, NG13
- REPD reference
- 1040
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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