Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

25MW PV Trowbridge Solar grid connection

25MW PV Trowbridge Solar grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 26.6 MW of capacity, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the source25MW PV TROWBRIDGE SOLAR grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Ashton Park)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toAshton Park Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity26.6 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSouthern Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date29 Jan 2025SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date29 Jan 2026 (target energisation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.3152, -2.2538SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

25MW PV Trowbridge Solar grid connection is the 918th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,462nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 26.6 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

WithinRankTotalShare
England918th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,462nd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data5,002nd of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 431 power plants (185 operating, 1,913 MW), 99 substations, 8 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Trowle CommonPower plant5 MWOperating2.1 km
Trowbridge Town PrimarySubstation——2.3 km
Hoopers Pool, Southwick - Solar PanelsPower plant30 MWPlanned2.9 km
Cockhill Solar FarmPower plant20 MWOperating2.9 km
Bradford-On-Avon PrimarySubstation——3.4 km
Ashton Park PrimarySubstation——4.7 km
Data center, England (OSM way 996865179)Data center——12 km
Ark Data CentresData center——12 km
University of Bristol Isambard-AIAI supercomputer5,448 H100eOperating26 km

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