Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Overton grid connection
Overton grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 3.2 MW of capacity, held by Overton Solar Farm 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 | OVERTON grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Overton) | 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 |
| Holder | Overton Solar Farm Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Overton (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.15 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Overton Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.2 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 | 18 Dec 2015 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2426, -1.2825 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Overton grid connection is the 1,973rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,033rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.2 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 | 1,973rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,033rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,715th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 269 power plants (98 operating, 1,446 MW), 245 substations, 32 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overton | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Overton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Whitchurch Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Bullington Cross Wind Farm (3 of 14 turbines Test Valley BC) | Power plant | 6 MW | Cancelled | 6.2 km |
| Bullington Cross Wind Farm (7 of 14 turbines Winchester City Council) | Power plant | 14 MW | Cancelled | 6.2 km |
| Kingsclere Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.