Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Exning Solar Farm grid connection
Exning Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 24 MW of capacity, held by Daisy no 6 Ltd trading as Bellis Energy.
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 Burwell Local 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 | Daisy no 6 Ltd trading as Bellis Energy | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 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 | 6 Mar 2015 | 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 | 52.2516, 0.3451 | 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
Exning Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,225th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,777th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 24 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 | 1,225th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,777th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,142nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 291 power plants (131 operating, 2,453 MW), 121 substations, 6 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exning Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Exning | Power plant | 29.9 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 90 MW | Cancelled | 2.6 km |
| Reach Road | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Burwell Local Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Burwell Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
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