Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Monksham Solar Park grid connection
Monksham Solar Park grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7.6 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 | MONKSHAM SOLAR PARK grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Monksham Farm PV) | 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 | Frome BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Monksham Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology, 0.47 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.6 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 |
| Connection date | 28 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 | 51.1888, -2.3302 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Monksham Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Monksham Solar Farm (planning authority Somerset, reference 2013/1118)
- Permit applied for: Monksham Solar Farm (planning authority Somerset, reference 2013/1118)
How it compares
Monksham Solar Park grid connection is the 1,467th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,313th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.6 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 | 1,467th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,313th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,248th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 401 power plants (173 operating, 2,719 MW), 86 substations, 5 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monksham Solar Farm | Power plant | 10.7 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Court Farm (Frome) | Power plant | 6.8 MW | Cancelled | 1.2 km |
| West Woodlands | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Frome BSP | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Frome Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.