Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Caddington Solar grid connection
Caddington Solar grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, held by BCL Gwynt Limited.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Caddington Primary 11kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | BCL Gwynt Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Caddington Primary 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.23 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 19 Nov 2014 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8549, -0.4645 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2)
- Permit granted: Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/14/04064)
- Permit applied for: Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/14/04064)
How it compares
Caddington Solar grid connection is the 2,306th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,191st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 | 2,306th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,191st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,884th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 417 power plants (149 operating, 3,657 MW), 409 substations, 112 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 1) | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Caddington Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Watling Street, Caddington - Solar Farm | Power plant | 19.7 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Capability Green Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Chaul End Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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