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Colchester Borough Homes, Batch 3, Phase 1. grid connection

Colchester Borough Homes, Batch 3, Phase 1. grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.02 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Colchester Borough Homes, Batch 3, Phase 1. grid connection lies
51.8801, 0.8760 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 Shrub End Primary 11kV)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
Attached toShrub End Primary 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity1.02 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarUK 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 date23 Mar 2017UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.8801, 0.8760UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Colchester Borough Homes, Batch 3, Phase 1. grid connection is the 3,457th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,768th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.02 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
England3,457th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom4,768th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data8,510th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 227 power plants (93 operating, 3,736 MW), 141 substations, 2 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Shrub End Primary 11kVSubstation——1.4 km
Lexden Primary 11kVSubstation——1.8 km
Mersea Rd Primary 11kVSubstation——2.4 km
Bellhouse SouthPower plant3.9 MWOperating3.4 km
Bellhouse Pit Landfill SchemePower plant2.7 MWOperating3.7 km
Layer Farm - Solar FarmPower plant49 MWOperating4.1 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted14 km
CityFibre CabinetsData center——38 km
Imperium 315Data center——42 km

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