Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Napoleon Solar Farm grid connection
Napoleon Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, held by Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Pembury Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.34 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 2 Nov 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 10 Jan 2027 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1711, 0.3500 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (planning authority Tunbridge Wells, reference 22/03563/FULL)
- Permit applied for: Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (planning authority Tunbridge Wells, reference 22/03563/FULL)
How it compares
Napoleon Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,321st-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,923rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 | 1,321st of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,923rd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,304th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 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: 349 substations, 317 power plants (129 operating, 6,747 MW) and 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Pembury Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Capel 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Capel Grange Solar Park | Power plant | 6.6 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Paddock Wood 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
- Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company LimitedHolder
- South Eastern Power Networks plcGrid operator
- Grid connections in England, United Kingdom4,837
- Grid connections in the United Kingdom6,880
- Battery storage grid connections in the UK1,141
- Solar grid connections in the UK1,755
- The United Kingdom: country profile
- Largest grid connections
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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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.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
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