Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Battens Farm grid connection
Battens Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 | BATTENS FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Yatton Keynell) | 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 |
| Attached to | Battens Farm Solar Park (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.59 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Yatton Keynell Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 10 Aug 2023 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 15 Nov 2037 (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 | 51.4808, -2.1703 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its grid operator.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Battens Farm Solar Park
- Permit granted: Battens Farm Solar Park (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 13/01311/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Battens Farm Solar Park (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 13/01311/FUL)
How it compares
Battens Farm grid connection is the 1,332nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,105th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 1,332nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,105th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,969th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 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: 429 power plants (161 operating, 1,917 MW), 83 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battens Farm Solar Park | Power plant | 11 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Tiddlywink Barn Battery Storage Power Plant | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| North Allington Solar Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Yatton Keynell Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Rowden Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Cocklebury Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 21 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.