Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM)Lark Hill grid connection
(ANM)Lark Hill grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, held by Qair Renewables UK 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 Rayleigh) | 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 | Qair Renewables UK Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm. (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.19 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 20 Jan 2022 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Oct 2032 (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 | 51.6205, 0.7289 | 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: Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm. (planning authority Rochford, reference 23/00733/FUL)
How it compares
(ANM)Lark Hill grid connection is the 698th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 997th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 698th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 997th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,183rd 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: 336 power plants (145 operating, 7,267 MW), 218 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm. | Power plant | 50 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Canewdon Road, Canewdon - Solar Photovoltaic Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Hainault Av Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Fleethall Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Fleethall Local Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 34 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.
- 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.