Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Ft AH Purton Solar Farm - Solar grid connection
Ft AH Purton Solar Farm - Solar grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 19 MW of capacity, held by Spring Che.
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 | FT AH PURTON SOLAR FARM - SOLAR grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Cirencester) | 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 | Spring Che | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Cirencester BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.2 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19 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 | 18 Feb 2021 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 May 2027 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.5977, -1.8746 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Ft AH Purton Solar Farm - Solar grid connection is the 1,108th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,762nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19 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 | 1,108th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,762nd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,244th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 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: 371 power plants (138 operating, 2,277 MW), 129 substations and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Bentham House Farm, Mopes Lane - Solar Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Bentham Farm | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Spring Che
- Rockbeare Hill15 MW · permitted
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- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.
- 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.