Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Rycote Farm grid connection
Rycote Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 47.5 MW of capacity, held by Opde UK 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 | RYCOTE FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Cowley Local) | 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 |
| Holder | Opde UK Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Cowley GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 47.5 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 | 10 Feb 2021 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 23 Jun 2028 (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 | 51.7325, -1.0330 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Rycote Farm grid connection is the 685th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,047th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 47.5 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 | 685th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,047th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,436th 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
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 363 power plants (124 operating, 1,765 MW), 177 substations and 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodwells Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Cornwell Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Harlesford Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 3.4 km |
| Wheatley Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Watlington Primary | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Cowley Local (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 15 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. The terms cover every document on caiso.com, the cluster reports included. 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.
- 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.