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Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connection

Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connection lies
52.0319, 1.3375 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Bramford)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity40 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyOilUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 date14 Jan 2018UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.0319, 1.3375UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connection is the 910th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,297th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England910th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,297th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,547th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 157 power plants (57 operating, 3,064 MW), 86 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Bucklesham Solar FarmPower plant25 MWPermitted3.5 km
Foxburrow FarmPower plant8 MWOperating3.8 km
Stratton Hall Solar ParkPower plant11.6 MWOperating4.1 km
Martlesham Primary 11kVSubstation——5.1 km
Felixstowe Grid 33kVSubstation——7.5 km
Langley Av Primary 11kVSubstation——7.6 km
LionLink InterconnectorTransmission line—Planned23 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted33 km
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned40 km

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