Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Danbury Solar Farm grid connection
Danbury Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by Low Carbon UK.
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 Chelmsford East Grid 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 | Low Carbon UK | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 16 Nov 2023 | 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 | 51.7202, 0.5544 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
Danbury Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,574th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,247th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,574th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,247th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,806th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 375 power plants (158 operating, 8,622 MW), 292 substations, 48 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cleres Hall Pit Solar Array | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Danbury Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Chelmsford East Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Chelmsford East Local 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Jackletts Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| Hill Farm Solar Park & Battery Storage (Hanningfield Green) | Power plant | 36.7 MW | Cancelled | 4.9 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 30 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Cornwell Solar Farm49.9 MW
- Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane - Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
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Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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