Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Birch Gravel Pit Birch grid connection
Birch Gravel Pit Birch grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6.15 MW of capacity, held by Lightsource Renewable UK Development Ltd.
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 Abberton Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Lightsource Renewable UK Development Ltd | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.15 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 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2015 | 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 | 51.8437, 0.8039 | 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.
How it compares
Birch Gravel Pit Birch grid connection is the 2,154th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,011th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.15 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 | 2,154th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,011th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,688th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 256 power plants (104 operating, 5,517 MW), 155 substations, 4 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (b) (Birch Estate) | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Birch Airfield | Power plant | 5.6 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Marks Tey Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Tiptree Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Shrub End Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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