Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
British Sugar grid connection
British Sugar grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).
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 Bury 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 |
| Attached to | British Sugar - Bury (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.24 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill gas | 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 | 1 Jan 2016 | 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 | 52.2543, 0.7270 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: British Sugar - Bury
- Permit granted: British Sugar - Bury (planning authority West Suffolk, reference DC/14/1840/FUL)
- Permit applied for: British Sugar - Bury (planning authority West Suffolk, reference DC/14/1840/FUL)
How it compares
British Sugar grid connection is the 2,306th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,191st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 2,306th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,191st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,884th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 276 power plants (108 operating, 1,509 MW), 129 substations, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Sugar - Bury | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Playfield Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Fornham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Skyliner Way - Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 2.7 km |
| Symonds Farm Power Ltd (Farm AD) | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Barrow Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Grid operator and place
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