Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Rampisham Down PV grid connection
Rampisham Down PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 11.4 MW of capacity, held by British Solar Renewables.
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 | RAMPISHAM DOWN PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at BBC Rampisham) | 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 | British Solar Renewables | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Yeovil BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Wraxall Road, Higher Wraxall - Solar Farm (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 1.52 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.4 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 | 31 Mar 2017 | 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 | 50.8088, -2.6426 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Rampisham Down PV grid connection is the 1,303rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,061st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11.4 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 | 1,303rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,061st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,616th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 257 power plants (127 operating, 776 MW) and 57 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rampisham Down Transmitting Station | Power plant | 24 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Rampisham North | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Wraxall Road, Higher Wraxall - Solar Farm | Power plant | 13.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Maiden Newton Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Yetminster Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Cerne Abbas Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from British Solar Renewables
- Canada Farm PV Generation grid connection16.6 MW
- Clapton Farm PV grid connection3.8 MW
- Frog Lane, Little London - Battery Energy Storage115 MW
- Berden Hall Solar Farm56 MW · permitted
- Brailsford Solar Park, Main Road - Solar Panels55 MW · planned
- Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array50 MW · under construction
- South Fambridge Hall - Solar farm & Battery storage50 MW · under construction
- Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell - Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.
- 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.