Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Roves Farm PV grid connection
Roves Farm PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 8.55 MW of capacity, held by WEL Solar 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | ROVES FARM PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Roves Farm PV) | 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 | WEL Solar 1 Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · 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 |
| Attached to | Roves Farm (Solar) (matched by name+coordinates+technology, 0.27 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.55 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 | 20 Feb 2015 | 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 | 51.5992, -1.6991 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Roves Farm (Solar)
- Permit granted: Roves Farm (Solar) (planning authority Swindon, reference S/14/0992)
- Permit applied for: Roves Farm (Solar) (planning authority Swindon, reference S/14/0992)
How it compares
Roves Farm PV grid connection is the 1,418th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,243rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.55 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 | 1,418th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,243rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,171st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 318 power plants (127 operating, 2,094 MW), 152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roves Farm (Solar) | Power plant | 12.7 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Sevor Farm | Power plant | 9.3 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Roves Farm | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Shrivenham Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Stanton Fitzwarren Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Stratton (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
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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.
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- 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.