Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
High Penn Farm PV grid connection
High Penn Farm PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7.32 MW of capacity, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 | HIGH PENN FARM PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at High Penn PV Farm) | 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 |
| Attached to | Norrington BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | High Penn Solar Park (matched by name+coordinates+technology, 0.6 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.32 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 | 30 Mar 2014 | 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 | 51.4477, -1.9890 | 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.
- Commissioned: High Penn Solar Park
- Permit granted: High Penn Solar Park (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 12/04169/FUL)
- Permit applied for: High Penn Solar Park (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 12/04169/FUL)
How it compares
High Penn Farm PV grid connection is the 1,492nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,348th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.32 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 | 1,492nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,348th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,285th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 406 power plants (158 operating, 2,091 MW), 109 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calne Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| High Penn Solar Park | Power plant | 9.6 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 4 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Solar Panels | Power plant | 6 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Bromham Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Chippenham BSP | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
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- 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.