Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Cressing Solar Farm grid connection
Cressing Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, held by Esco Developments Ltd.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Braintree Local 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Esco Developments Ltd | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.35 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern 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 date | 12 Mar 2016 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8389, 0.6078 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) (planning authority Braintree, reference 15/00949/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) (planning authority Braintree, reference 15/00949/FUL)
How it compares
Cressing Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,475th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,112th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,475th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,112th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,642nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 332 power plants (138 operating, 7,650 MW), 223 substations, 10 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) | Power plant | 18 MW | Cancelled | 0.3 km |
| Cressing Farm, Witham Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 13.8 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Braintree Depot Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Witham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Lake & Elliot Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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