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Estuary Road grid connection

Estuary Road grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, held by PIL Membranes Limited.

Map: where Estuary Road grid connection lies
52.7710, 0.3891 on OpenStreetMap

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Austin Street 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
HolderPIL Membranes LimitedUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toAustin Street Primary 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toPil Membranes, Estuary Road - Wind Turbine (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.16 km away)Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity1.5 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindUK 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 date13 Nov 2013UK 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
Coordinates52.7710, 0.3891UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Latest events

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  1. Permit granted: Pil Membranes, Estuary Road - Wind Turbine (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 22/01490/FM)
  2. Permit applied for: Pil Membranes, Estuary Road - Wind Turbine (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 22/01490/FM)

How it compares

Estuary Road grid connection is the 3,192nd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,423rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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
England3,192nd of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom4,423rd of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data8,161st of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 278 power plants (117 operating, 5,397 MW), 57 substations, 3 transmission lines and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
K L Technologies Wind TurbinePower plant1.5 MWOperating0.1 km
Porvair International LtdPower plant1.8 MWOperating0.1 km
Pil Membranes, Estuary Road - Wind TurbinePower plant1.5 MWCancelled0.2 km
Austin Street Primary 11kVSubstation——1.7 km
Gaywood Bridge Primary 11kVSubstation——2.8 km
Hardwick Rd Primary 11kVSubstation——3.5 km
Kings Lynn B Connection ProjectTransmission line—Permitted5.6 km
Longmarsh Green EnergyData center—Planned8.5 km
Positive ParkData center——31 km

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