Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Coal Pit Lane grid connection
Coal Pit Lane grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30 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 | COAL PIT LANE grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Atherton) | 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 |
| Attached to | Atherton - Battery energy storage (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.06 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Atherton BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 | 20 Mar 2025 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5278, -2.5019 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Atherton - Battery energy storage
- Permit granted: Atherton - Battery energy storage (planning authority Wigan, reference A/22/93181/FULL)
- Permit applied for: Atherton - Battery energy storage (planning authority Wigan, reference A/22/93181/FULL)
How it compares
Coal Pit Lane grid connection is the 857th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,333rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 857th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,333rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,846th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 409 power plants (121 operating, 1,366 MW), 380 substations, 20 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton - Battery energy storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Atherton Town Centre | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Atherton BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Kirkhall Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 45 MW | Permitted | 3.6 km |
| Cleworth Hall Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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