Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Barkham PV Farm grid connection
Barkham PV Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, held by Wokingham Borough Council.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BARKHAM PV FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Wokingham) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Wokingham Borough Council | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Wokingham Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Barkham Farms - Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+company, 0.34 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 3 May 2022 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Apr 2027 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3854, -0.8651 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Barkham PV Farm grid connection is the 1,020th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,645th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,020th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,645th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,960th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 261 power plants (89 operating, 1,258 MW), 246 substations and 99 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkham Farms - Solar Farm | Power plant | 33 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Wokingham BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Wokingham Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Arborfield Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Aborfield Solar Park | Power plant | 14 MW | Under construction | 3.7 km |
| Rushy Mead (University of Reading) | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| CSquare London LHR3 | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| AWS Bracknell Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Amazon Web Services | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Wokingham Borough Council
- Barkham Farms - Solar Farm33 MW · permitted
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.