Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM) Back Road grid connection
(ANM) Back Road grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by Sky UK Development Limited.
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 Trowse Grid 33kV) | 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 | Sky UK Development Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Avenue Farm - Back Road Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.25 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 |
| 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 | 21 Apr 2023 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2034 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.5697, 1.3856 | 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.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for: Avenue Farm - Back Road Solar Farm (planning authority South Norfolk, reference 2025/1442)
How it compares
(ANM) Back Road grid connection is the 1,574th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,247th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,574th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,247th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,806th 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: 212 power plants (69 operating, 2,268 MW), 88 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Farm - Back Road Solar Farm | Power plant | 15 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Avenue Farm | Power plant | 7.3 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Alpington Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Trowse Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Land East of White Horse Lane | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 6.5 km |
| Peachman Way Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 7.7 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Sky UK Development Limited
- Newlands Power Plant grid connection52.5 MW
- (ANM) Chediston Hall grid connection40 MW
- (ANM) Meadow Farm grid connection15 MW
- Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill - Battery Energy Storage228 MW · permitted
- Newlands Farm, Crewkerne Road - Battery Energy Storage80 MW
- Bulls Copse Road, Marchwood Bypass - Battery Energy Storage System49.9 MW · permitted
- Chediston Hall - 40MW Solar Panels40 MW · planned
- Boscar Layby, Raskelf - Solar Panels30 MW · planned
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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.