Knowlton
Knowlton is a 11.5 MW solar farm in South East 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
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 11.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CT3 1PT
- Coordinates
- 51.2349, 1.2649
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 Knowlton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 11.5 MW station would generate roughly 10 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,740 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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- Guston Β· 5 MW solar farm10.6 km
- Manston Thorne Β· 6.2 MW solar farm12.6 km
- Woodlands Farm Β· 13.2 MW solar farm14.2 km
- Manston Β· 9.83 MW solar farm14.8 km
- Westwood Β· 9.18 MW solar farm15.1 km
- Owls Hatch Β· 51.9 MW solar farm17.4 km
- Sellindge Β· 11.2 MW solar farm24.9 km
- Kentish Flats Extension Β· 49.5 MW offshore wind farm25.4 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
- Home Farm (Knowlton - solar)
- Developer / operator
- Sunsave 20 (Knowlton) Ltd/ Vogt Solar
- Planning authority
- Dover
- Planning reference
- 13/00405
- Application submitted
- 25 May 2013
- Permission granted
- 7 October 2013
- Began operating
- 30 March 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 11.5 MW
- Address
- Home Farmhouse, Knowlton, Goodnestone, Canterbury, CT3 1PT, Kent
- REPD reference
- 1382
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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