Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wherwell Solar Farm grid connection
Wherwell Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 32.4 MW of capacity, held by RE Projects Development.
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 | WHERWELL SOLAR FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Nursling GSP) | 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 | RE Projects Development | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Nursling GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32.4 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 |
| Queue date | 26 Mar 2021 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Jan 2029 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1768, -1.4642 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Wherwell Solar Farm grid connection is the 841st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,301st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32.4 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 | 841st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,301st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,803rd 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
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 283 power plants (112 operating, 1,194 MW), 231 substations, 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm | Power plant | 45.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Cowdown Lane | Power plant | 40 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Fullenton Solar Farm | Power plant | 4.2 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Andover Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Andover East Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Barton Stacey Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Persley Croft - Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
- Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar Farm45.9 MW · permitted
- Totmonslow Farm, Upper Tean - Solar Farm19.8 MW · permitted
Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.