Thorne
Thorne is a 4.99 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
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DN8 4NA
- Coordinates
- 53.6358, -0.9337
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 Thorne compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.99 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 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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- Goole Fields B Β· 34.9 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
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- Twin Rivers Β· 28.7 MW onshore wind farm10.5 km
- Rusholme Β· 24 MW onshore wind farm10.5 km
- Keadby Wind Farm Β· 68 MW onshore wind farm11.5 km
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units Β· 2,580 MW biomass power station11.7 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
- Thorne Farm
- Developer / operator
- Conergy
- Planning authority
- Doncaster
- Planning reference
- 14/01554/FULM
- Application submitted
- 12 September 2014
- Permission granted
- 16 April 2015
- Construction started
- 1 June 2015
- Began operating
- 18 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Former Thorne Colliery, Grange Road, Moorends, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN8 4NA
- REPD reference
- 4857
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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