Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Bilsborrow PV grid connection
Bilsborrow PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.99 MW of capacity, held by Bilsborrow Solar Project 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BILSBORROW PV grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Ribble) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Bilsborrow Solar Project Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Bilsborrow Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.21 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.99 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 14 Mar 2017 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8455, -2.7593 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Bilsborrow PV grid connection is the 1,700th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,634th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.99 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 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 | 1,700th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,634th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,294th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 304 power plants (101 operating, 1,300 MW), 5 substations, 4 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilsborrow Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Mount Pleasant Farm, Green Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 45 MW | Under construction | 2.6 km |
| Westfield Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 4.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 16 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 21 km |
| Barnoldswick | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Salterforth | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.