Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon
Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2.38 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 | Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at SWINDON | 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 | Operating (connected) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Barnfield Solar Park (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.5 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Swindon Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.38 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 | 11 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5719, -1.8046 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon is the 2,104th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,226th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.38 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 | 2,104th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,226th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,918th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 366 power plants (134 operating, 2,230 MW) and 141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Estate Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Barnfield Solar Park | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Brindley Close (Extension) | Power plant | 6 MW | Under construction | 0.6 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.