Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 3.325 MW grid connection at COWES
Solar 3.325 MW grid connection at COWES is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 3.33 MW of capacity, held by Victoria Solar 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Cowes) | 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 | Victoria Solar Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Chawton Farm Solar Farm (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.24 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Cowes Primary (via a primary substation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.33 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 | 50.7339, -1.3018 | 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.
- Commissioned: Chawton Farm Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Chawton Farm Solar Farm (planning authority Isle of Wight, reference P/01483/12)
- Permit applied for: Chawton Farm Solar Farm (planning authority Isle of Wight, reference P/01483/12)
How it compares
Solar 3.325 MW grid connection at COWES is the 1,961st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,012th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.33 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 | 1,961st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,012th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,006th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 196 power plants (89 operating, 767 MW), 150 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chawton Farm Solar Farm | Power plant | 3.2 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Greenhill Anaerobic Digestion Plant | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Cowes BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Cowes Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Camp Hill Wind Farm | Power plant | 6 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Newport Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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