Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Pentylands Farm grid connection
Pentylands Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 14.3 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 | PENTYLANDS FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Pentylands PV Farm) | 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 | Pentylands Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology, 0.73 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · 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 |
| Capacity | 14.3 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6474, -1.7320 | 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: Pentylands Farm
- Permit granted: Pentylands Farm (planning authority Swindon, reference S/12/1094)
- Permit applied for: Pentylands Farm (planning authority Swindon, reference S/12/1094)
How it compares
Pentylands Farm grid connection is the 1,222nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,935th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14.3 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 | 1,222nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,935th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,755th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 330 power plants (124 operating, 2,045 MW), 130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentylands Farm | Power plant | 19 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Lynt Farm | Power plant | 27 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Stanton solar park | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Stanton Fitzwarren Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Stratton Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Stratton (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
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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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- 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.