Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Melk Corner Corpse Solar - PV grid connection
Melk Corner Corpse Solar - PV grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, held by Amberside Energy 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 | MELK CORNER CORPSE SOLAR - PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Stratton) | 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 | Amberside Energy Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Minety GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Corner Copse Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.68 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 25 Mar 2021 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 7 Apr 2026 (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 | 51.6107, -1.7415 | 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.
- Construction started: Corner Copse Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Corner Copse Solar Farm (planning authority Swindon, reference S/19/1097)
- Permit applied for: Corner Copse Solar Farm (planning authority Swindon, reference S/19/1097)
How it compares
Melk Corner Corpse Solar - PV grid connection is the 597th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 904th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 597th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 904th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,270th 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
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 332 power plants (127 operating, 2,049 MW), 141 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Copse Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Under construction | 0.7 km |
| Land at Beech Farm | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Stanton Fitzwarren Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Stanton solar park | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Stratton Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Stratton (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.8 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.