Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Chapel Farm PV grid connection
Chapel Farm PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7.6 MW of capacity, held by Swindon Chapel Farm Solar Ltd.
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 | CHAPEL FARM PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Chapel Farm PV) | 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 |
| Holder | Swindon Chapel Farm Solar Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Swindon BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Chapel Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+company, 0.83 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.6 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6208, -1.8161 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchHow it compares
Chapel Farm PV grid connection is the 1,467th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,313th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.6 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 | 1,467th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,313th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,248th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 359 power plants (130 operating, 2,219 MW), 129 substations, 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Chapel Farm Landfill | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Little Rose Lane, Blunsdon - Solar Panels | Power plant | 15 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
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- 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.