Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Castlesteads Wind Farm grid connection
Castlesteads Wind Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 52.8 MW of capacity, held by Arise Renewable Energy 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 | CASTLESTEADS WIND FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Harker/Hutton) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Arise Renewable Energy UK Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52.8 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 |
| Queue date | 15 Jan 2026 | 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 | 54.9629, -2.7619 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Castlesteads Wind Farm grid connection is the 523rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 749th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 52.8 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 | 523rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 749th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,710th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 124 power plants (31 operating, 469 MW), 5 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capon Tree Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 3 MW | Permitted | 3.7 km |
| Leaps Rigg - Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 4.4 km |
| High Parkfoot Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 10 km |
| Spadeadam 20kV | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| Kielder | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Fourstones 20kV | Substation | — | — | 38 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.