Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Birch Road grid connection
Birch Road grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 70 MW of capacity, held by Eclipse Power Networks 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 | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Eclipse Power Networks Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 70 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 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 | 14 Aug 2020 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 16 Sept 2024 | 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 | 51.8455, 0.8504 | 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 Road grid connection is the 498th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 650th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 70 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 | 498th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 650th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,599th 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
- Connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 239 power plants (94 operating, 5,279 MW), 146 substations, 2 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layer Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 49 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Abberton Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Bellhouse South | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Shrub End Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Berechurch Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 18 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
- Eclipse Power Networks LimitedHolder
- Eastern Power Networks plcGrid operator
- Grid connections in England, United Kingdom4,837
- Grid connections in the United Kingdom6,880
- Battery storage grid connections in the UK1,141
- Solar grid connections in the UK1,755
- The United Kingdom: country profile
- Largest grid connections
More from Eclipse Power Networks Limited
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- 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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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
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- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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