Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wedgehill PV grid connection
Wedgehill PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 12.1 MW of capacity, held by Orta Wedgehill Solar 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 | WEDGEHILL PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Wedge Hill PV Farm) | 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 | Orta Wedgehill Solar Limited | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Mannington BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Wedgehill Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.94 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12.1 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 | 5 Jan 2015 | 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 | 50.8616, -1.9115 | 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: Wedgehill Farm
- Permit granted: Wedgehill Farm (planning authority Dorset, reference 3/13/0669/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Wedgehill Farm (planning authority Dorset, reference 3/13/0669/FUL)
How it compares
Wedgehill PV grid connection is the 1,273rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,018th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12.1 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 | 1,273rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,018th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,858th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 265 power plants (123 operating, 1,040 MW), 164 substations and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgehill Farm | Power plant | 13 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Mannington Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Under construction | 1.7 km |
| Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton - Solar Farm | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 2.0 km |
| Mannington GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Mannington BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Mannington Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.