Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Clifton Farm grid connection
Clifton Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, held by Clifton 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 | CLIFTON FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at West Hendford) | 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 | Clifton Solar Ltd. | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | West Hendford Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 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 | 2 Oct 2025 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1760, -1.1307 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Clifton Farm grid connection is the 809th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,254th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 809th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,254th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,454th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 250 power plants (92 operating, 829 MW), 243 substations, 34 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Candover Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Preston Farm, Preston Candover - Solar PV Array | Power plant | 28 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Upper Farm solar park | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Woodmancott Down | Power plant | 18 MW | Cancelled | 3.4 km |
| Herriard Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Down Grange Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- © 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.