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Buckland Marsh Solar Park

Buckland Marsh Solar Park is a 280 MW solar + storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Botley West 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2033. The connection agreement is held by Arise Renewable Energy UK Limited.

Project stageIn planning
  1. Planning (current stage)
  2. Consented (not yet reached)
  3. Construction (not yet reached)
  4. OperatingFrom Oct 2033 (not yet reached)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

Scoping and awaiting consents are both shown as planning. A connection agreement does not mean the project will be built: many queue projects never reach construction.

Connection details

NESO project number
PRO-003695
Customer
Arise Renewable Energy UK Limited
Technology
Energy Storage System, PV Array (Photo Voltaic/solar)
Total capacity
280 MW
Change in this agreement
+280 MW
Capacity effective from
31 October 2033
Connection site
Botley West 400kV Substation
Transmission owner
National Grid (England & Wales)
Connection type
Direct connection to the transmission network
NESO project status
Scoping

Connection site

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Projects connecting near Botley West · Grid map

Other projects at Botley West 400kV Substation

Source: NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) register, downloaded 8 November 2026. Contains data from NESO, licensed under the NESO Open Data Licence. Report a problem