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SOLAR + STORAGE · NGETLudgershall - Bicester Solar Farm PVDP
Ludgershall - Bicester Solar Farm PVDP is a 500 MW solar + storage project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Chiltern Connection Node C 400kV Substation, with capacity due from November 2038. The connection agreement is held by SolarFour Ltd.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Nov 2038 (not yet reached)
- 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-004140
- Customer
- SolarFour Ltd
- Technology
- Energy Storage System, PV Array (Photo Voltaic/solar)
- Total capacity
- 500 MW
- Change in this agreement
- +500 MW
- Capacity effective from
- 1 November 2038
- Connection site
- Chiltern Connection Node C 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
This project connects at a new substation (a “connection node”) that has not been built or located yet.
Projects connecting near Chiltern Connection Node C · Grid map
Other projects at Chiltern Connection Node C 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