Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 30.4 MW grid connection at Wherwell PV GEN
Solar 30.4 MW grid connection at Wherwell PV GEN is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30.4 MW of capacity, held by Cowdown Renewables 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 30.4 MW grid connection at WHERWELL PV GEN | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Wherwell PV GEN) | 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 | Cowdown Renewables Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Andover BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30.4 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 |
| Connection date | 22 Mar 2016 | 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 | 51.1948, -1.4508 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares
Solar 30.4 MW grid connection at Wherwell PV GEN is the 855th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,326th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.4 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 | 855th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,326th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,838th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 289 power plants (114 operating, 1,299 MW), 229 substations, 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowdown Lane | Power plant | 40 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm | Power plant | 45.9 MW | Permitted | 2.1 km |
| South Way, Walworth Business Park - Solar Photovoltaics | Power plant | 5.2 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| Andover East Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Andover Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Barton Stacey Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 35 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.