Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Lains Farm grid connection
Lains Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6.6 MW of capacity, held by Roadnight Taylor 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 | LAINS FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Thruxton) | 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 | Roadnight Taylor Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Thruxton Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.6 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 | 13 Dec 2022 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Oct 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 | 51.1979, -1.6120 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Lains Farm grid connection is the 1,541st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,415th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.6 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 | 1,541st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,415th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,358th 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 (131 operating, 1,433 MW), 196 substations and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lains Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Cholderton Road, Quarley - Solar Farm | Power plant | 22.5 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Manor Farm (Thruxton) | Power plant | 12.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.8 km |
| Thruxton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Park House Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Middle Wallop Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
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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.
- 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.