Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Carrington Paper Mill grid connection
Carrington Paper Mill grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 37.5 MW of capacity, held by Saica Paper UK 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 | CARRINGTON PAPER MILL grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Carrington Enwl SGTS 1B 2B 4 7) | 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 | Saica Paper UK Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 37.5 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 | 11 Aug 2011 | 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 | 53.4243, -2.4135 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Carrington Paper Mill grid connection is the 794th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,214th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 37.5 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 | 794th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,214th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,401st of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 409 power plants (121 operating, 1,323 MW), 30 substations, 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAICA Paper Mill | Power plant | 41.6 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Trafford Park, Carrington - Green Hydrogen Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Carrington - Cryogenic Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Delta House | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 31 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.