Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM) Firsfield Farm Aka Euston Estate grid connection
(ANM) Firsfield Farm Aka Euston Estate grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 47 MW of capacity, held by Boom Firsfield Solar 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 Bramford) | 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 | Boom Firsfield Solar Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Firsfield Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.43 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 47 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 | 9 Mar 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2031 (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 | 52.3582, 0.8325 | 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.
- Sold: Firsfield Solar Farm (46.9 MW, to Enray Power, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted: Firsfield Solar Farm (planning authority West Suffolk, reference DC/22/0445/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Firsfield Solar Farm (planning authority West Suffolk, reference DC/22/0445/FUL)
How it compares
(ANM) Firsfield Farm Aka Euston Estate grid connection is the 852nd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,210th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 47 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 | 852nd of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,210th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,420th 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: 266 power plants (95 operating, 1,212 MW), 124 substations, 3 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firsfield Solar Farm | Power plant | 46.9 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Honington Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Honington Solar Farm | Power plant | 13.6 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Bardwell Fields, Knox Lane - Solar Farm | Power plant | 42 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Stanton Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Thetford Grid 11kV | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 38 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 39 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- Owner groups' press releases. Owner groups' press releases, Facts only, each linked to its release.
- 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.