Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 20.425 MW grid connection at Preston Candover
Solar 20.425 MW grid connection at Preston Candover is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 20.4 MW of capacity, held by Electroroute Energy Trading 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 | Solar 20.425 MW grid connection at PRESTON CANDOVER | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Preston Candover) | 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 | Electroroute Energy Trading Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Rampisham Down Transmitting Station (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.24 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Preston Candover Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20.4 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8090, -2.6434 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn: Rampisham Down Transmitting Station (planning authority Dorset, reference 1/D/12/001664)
- Permit applied for: Rampisham Down Transmitting Station (planning authority Dorset, reference 1/D/12/001664)
How it compares
Solar 20.425 MW grid connection at Preston Candover is the 1,013th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,636th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20.4 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 | 1,013th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,636th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,234th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 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 | 1.6 km |
| Maiden Newton Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Yetminster Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Cerne Abbas Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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