Littleton — United Kingdom

Littleton is a 12.1 MW solar power plant in England, United Kingdom. It ranks #831 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 6.6% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0004840.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000825898; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 12.1 MW, Littleton is well above the median solar plant in United Kingdom (5 MW). Technically it is described as PV. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #165 largest solar power plant of 1170 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 1170 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 8,703 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• North Farm (Spetisbury) · Solar · 11.6 MW · England
• Canada Farm · Solar · 8.3 MW · England
• Shroton · Solar · 4 MW · England
• Lowbrook Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) · Biomass · 1.3 MW · England
• Dolmans Hill (Redbridge Farm) Solar Arrays · Solar · 5 MW · England
• Henbury Quarry · Solar · 3.9 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 50.8449, -2.1671 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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