Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Bloomfield Solar Farm grid connection
Bloomfield Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, held by West Berkshire 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 | BLOOMFIELD SOLAR FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Burghfield Reserve) | 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 | West Berkshire Council | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Burghfield (Reserve) BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 9 Dec 2020 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2026 (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 | 51.3870, -1.0173 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Bloomfield Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,276th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,022nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 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 | 1,276th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,022nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,863rd 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: 254 power plants (91 operating, 1,322 MW), 239 substations and 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Hatch Farm - Solar Farm & Battery | Power plant | 25.8 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Pierces Farm | Power plant | 1.7 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Pingewood Road South | Power plant | 15.8 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Trash Green Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Green Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Courages Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
Holder, 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.
- 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.
- 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.