Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Broad Town grid connection
Broad Town grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5 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 | BROAD TOWN grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Wootton Bassett) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Wootton Bassett Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 |
| Connection date | 4 May 2017 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5219, -1.8853 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Broad Town grid connection is the 1,667th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,582nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 1,667th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,582nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,237th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 379 power plants (140 operating, 2,270 MW) and 122 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Farm / Goldborough Farm (Rookwood) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Wootton Bassett Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Wickfield Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Spittleborough Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Galileo Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Toothill BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.
- 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.