Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Vigo Lane Solar Park grid connection
Vigo Lane Solar Park grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, connected by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area).
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 Canterbury North 132kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.78 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 9 Mar 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Jan 2029 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3246, 0.7005 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm (planning authority Swale, reference 23/502210/FULL)
- Permit granted: Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm (appeal granted, planning authority Swale, reference 23/502210/FULL)
- Permit refused: Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm (planning authority Swale, reference 23/502210/FULL)
- Permit applied for: Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm (planning authority Swale, reference 23/502210/FULL)
How it compares
Vigo Lane Solar Park grid connection is the 910th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,297th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 | 910th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,297th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,547th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 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: 331 power plants (126 operating, 6,991 MW), 236 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigo Lane, Borden - Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Sittingbourne West 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Sittingbourne Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Bobbing solar farm | Power plant | 11.3 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Pitstock Farm - Solar Photovoltaic Panels | Power plant | 41 MW | Permitted | 4.0 km |
| Sittingbourne Town 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- 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.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
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