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About Cleve Hill Solar Park
Cleve Hill Solar Park is a 317 MW solar farm near Graveney, between Faversham and Whitstable, in Kent. It has been operational since July 2025, according to the planning database. It shares its site with a 150 MW battery, which Quinbrook, its owner, lists as still under construction, due in 2026 (the planning database lists it as operational since July 2025).
Its 317 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across two balancing mechanism units. Every half hour each unit tells the grid how much it will generate (its physical notification): that is the live figure above, and GridMonkey records it every half hour for the chart. The live percentage uses this registered figure, not the 373 MW installed that the planning database gives.
Solar farms generate in daylight only: their output climbs from sunrise to a midday peak and falls to zero at dusk, higher on clear days and in summer. Few solar farms report their output one by one: Cleve Hill Solar Park is one of only eight in Great Britain that do, while the government lists 1,386 as operating. Why so few?
| Type | Solar farm |
|---|---|
| Registered capacity | 317 MW (Elexon) |
| Installed capacity | 373 MW (REPD) |
| Status | Operational since July 2025 (REPD, July 2026) |
| Construction began | April 2023 (REPD) |
| Site area | 364 hectares (REPD) |
| Battery on the site | 150 MW, still under construction, due in 2026 (Quinbrook); operational since July 2025 in REPD |
| Area | Kent |
| Location | Near Graveney, between Faversham and Whitstable, in Kent 51.339° N, 0.914° E |
| Planning authority | The Planning Inspectorate (nationally significant infrastructure) |
| Owner | Quinbrook |
| Operator in REPD | Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners |
| Elexon lead party | Cleve Hill Solar Park |
| BM units | T_CLVHS-1 112 MW, T_CLVHS-2 205 MW |
| Size | The largest of the 1,386 solar farms operating in Great Britain (REPD) |
The other solar farms that report live
- Breach Solar Farm 50 MW, Cambridgeshire
- Bulphan Fen Solar Farm 50 MW, Essex
- Burwell Solar Farm 50 MW, Cambridgeshire
- Larks Green Solar Farm 50 MW, South Gloucestershire
- Tye Lane Solar Farm 50 MW, Suffolk
- Sutton Bridge Solar Farm 49 MW, Lincolnshire
- Tebworth Solar Farm 46 MW, Bedfordshire
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Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026 (licence). The farm's name and area come from GridMonkey's own table, matched to the units in Elexon's register; its output here is its physical notification, not metered generation. Installed capacity, status, dates, site area, battery, planning authority, operator and location: Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, July 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.