Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Down Barn Farm PV Solar Park grid connection
Down Barn Farm PV Solar Park grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, held by Lightsource Renewable UK Development 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 | DOWN BARN FARM PV SOLAR PARK grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Amesbury) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Lightsource Renewable UK Development Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Down Barn Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.43 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Amesbury BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 |
| Queue date | 21 Aug 2019 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 22 Dec 2027 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.1848, -1.6682 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Down Barn Farm (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 19/10890/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Down Barn Farm (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 19/10890/FUL)
How it compares
Down Barn Farm PV Solar Park grid connection is the 740th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,138th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 740th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,138th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,573rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 322 power plants (134 operating, 1,419 MW), 193 substations and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park House Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Shipton Bellinger - Park House Corner Solar Farm | Power plant | 5.4 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Parkhouse Corner (Orta Solar) | Power plant | 6.6 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Down Barn Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Boscombe Down Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Thruxton Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- 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.