Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Blackburn Mill grid connection
Blackburn Mill grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 78.8 MW of capacity, held by Sappi (UK) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BLACKBURN MILL grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Lower Darwen) | 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 | Sappi (UK) Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 78.8 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | 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 | 1 May 2001 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7192, -2.5347 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Blackburn Mill grid connection is the 427th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 555th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 78.8 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 | 427th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 555th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,313th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 386 power plants (116 operating, 1,114 MW), 56 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withnell LFS | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Darwen Energy Recovery Centre | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| Land off Tithe Barn lane | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 6.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Salterforth | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Barnoldswick | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 36 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.
- 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.
- 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.