Pilkington
Pilkington is a 2.3 MW solar farm in North West 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
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 2.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- L40 7TB
- Coordinates
- 53.5735, -2.8147
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 Pilkington compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 2.3 MW station would generate roughly 2.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 750 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 North West All run by Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Carver Hey Β· 2.51 MW solar farm15.0 km
- Wrea Green Β· 4.88 MW solar farm23.4 km
- Blackburn Β· 60 MW CCGT gas power station24.4 km
- Fiddler's Ferry Power Station Β· 1,995 MW coal-fired power station24.4 km
- Staining Wood Β· 5 MW solar farm25.4 km
- Burbo Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm26.2 km
- Fell View Β· 4.26 MW solar farm27.7 km
- Grimsargh Β· 2.92 MW solar farm27.7 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
- Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre)
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource BP
- Planning authority
- West Lancashire
- Planning reference
- 2018/0409/FUL
- Application submitted
- 17 April 2018
- Permission granted
- 31 July 2018
- Construction started
- 1 April 2019
- Began operating
- 16 April 2019
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.5 MW
- Address
- Land To The E/O Lords Cottage, Hall Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 6JB
- REPD reference
- 6513
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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