Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection
Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 11 MW of capacity, held by Roadnight Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | WELSH WAY - SOLAR PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Cirencester) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Roadnight Taylor Ltd | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.92 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Cirencester BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11 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 |
| Queue date | 11 Dec 2019 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Sept 2026 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.7102, -1.7941 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm (planning authority Cotswold, reference 23/03907/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm (planning authority Cotswold, reference 23/03907/FUL)
How it compares
Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection is the 1,313th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,074th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11 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 | 1,313th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,074th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,921st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 353 power plants (137 operating, 3,884 MW), 119 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairford Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm | Power plant | 13 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Airfield Farm - AD | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 5.3 km |
| Castle Eaton Farm | Power plant | 17.8 MW | Operating | 6.8 km |
| Lechlade Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- 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.