Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM) Abbotsley Road grid connection
(ANM) Abbotsley Road grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 65 MW of capacity, held by Voltalia UK.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Burwell) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Voltalia UK | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 65 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 12 Oct 2020 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2028 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2182, -0.0336 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
(ANM) Abbotsley Road grid connection is the 518th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 682nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 65 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 | 518th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 682nd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,661st of 8,618 | 1,355,288 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: 405 power plants (165 operating, 2,958 MW), 151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourn Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Rockery Farm | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Cambridge Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 2.6 km |
| Bourn Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Longstanton Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Hilton Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Voltalia UK
- Pitstock Farm grid connection40.8 MW
- Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection35 MW
- Bowshiel Farm - Solar Farm165 MW · planned
- Springfield - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage165 MW · planned
- Bowshiel Farm - Battery Energy Storage80 MW · planned
- Springfield - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage80 MW · planned
- Weald Farm, Cambridge Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage50 MW · permitted
- Maidstone Road, Horsmonden - Paddock Solar Farm49.9 MW · under construction
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. 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.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.