Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Purton Solar Farm grid connection
Purton Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 3.2 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 | PURTON SOLAR FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Swindon) | 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 |
| Attached to | Swindon BSP (via a bulk supply point) | 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 |
| Queue date | 1 Oct 2025 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Oct 2026 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.5977, -1.8746 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its grid operator.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Purton Solar Farm 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 | 7,027th 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: 371 power plants (138 operating, 2,277 MW), 129 substations, 11 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Bentham House Farm, Mopes Lane - Solar Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Bentham Farm | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 10.0 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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- 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.