Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Clapham Solar Farm grid connection
Clapham Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7.05 MW of capacity, held by The Solar Building Company 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 Manton Ln 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 | The Solar Building Company Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Manton Ln Primary 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Clapham solar farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.37 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.05 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 | 26 Jun 2015 | 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 | 52.1743, -0.4838 | 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: Clapham solar farm
- Permit granted: Clapham solar farm (planning authority Bedford, reference 14/01789/MAF)
- Permit applied for: Clapham solar farm (planning authority Bedford, reference 14/01789/MAF)
How it compares
Clapham Solar Farm grid connection is the 2,069th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,902nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.05 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 | 2,069th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,902nd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,575th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 467 power plants (173 operating, 2,755 MW), 137 substations and 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham solar farm | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Clapham Plateau - Solar Farm | Power plant | 5.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Thurleigh Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 69 MW | Permitted | 1.2 km |
| Manton Ln Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Prebend St Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Edison Rd Grid 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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