Vattenfall is planning a 20MW solar project that will share the existing grid connection and onshore infrastructure already used by the Kentish Flats and Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farms.
The company is holding an online information meeting about the project on 19 August, where the local community can join to find out more and meet the team behind it.
If consented the construction process will take less time and minimise disruption.
Vattenfall solar business development manager Chris Angell said: “Kent has huge potential to be one of the leading renewable energy hubs in the UK.
“We own and operate Kentish Flats, Kentish Flats Extension and Thanet offshore wind farms, which currently employ around 70 people and power over 400,000 UK homes.
“The development of innovative co-located wind and solar farms like Solar@Kentish Flats can aid the UK’s Green Recovery.”
Co-located wind and solar projects complement one another and can meet network demand in varying conditions.
They offer greater output and a more reliable source of renewable energy, with solar increasing its output in the summer, when wind energy output tends to be lower, Vattenfall said.
In the UK, Parc Cynog, Vattenfall’s co-located wind and solar farm in Wales, became fully operational in March 2016.
The developer also expects to start constructing a solar farm co-located with Swinford wind farm during 2021.