Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM) Sandy Lane grid connection
(ANM) Sandy Lane grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by Infinis 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 Purfleet 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 | Infinis Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.27 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 | 8 May 2022 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2036 (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 | 51.5047, 0.2371 | 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 granted: Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage (planning authority Thurrock, reference 24/00141/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage (planning authority Thurrock, reference 24/00141/FUL)
How it compares
(ANM) Sandy Lane 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: 530 substations, 390 power plants (144 operating, 7,713 MW), 98 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveley | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Aveley Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 2.1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 16 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Purfleet Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Purfleet Primary 11kV T1 & T2 | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Purfleet Primary 11kV T3 & T4 | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.1 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
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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.