Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Bolton Road grid connection
Bolton Road grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 179 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West 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 | BOLTON ROAD grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Harker Enwl SGTS 1 2 3A 4 / Hutton GSP Group) | 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 |
| Capacity | 179 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 Mar 1995 | 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 | 54.4391, -3.4824 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Know more about this grid connection, or want an introduction to its grid operator? Ask us.
How it compares
Bolton Road grid connection is the 254th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 339th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 179 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 | 254th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 339th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 2,064th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 97 power plants (42 operating, 1,635 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church House Wind Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Yeorton Hall Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Drigg Wind Cluster | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 7.1 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Electricity North West Limited
- The Albion Academy grid connection416 MW
- Heaten Hall Farm BESS grid connection240 MW
- Heaten Hall Farm BESS+Wind grid connection240 MW
- Houghton BESS grid connection240 MW
- Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm grid connection183 MW
- WS Lamb 2 grid connection160 MW
- Ormonde Offshore Windfarm grid connection150 MW
- Rigg House grid connection150 MW
Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- 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
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.
- 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.