Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

FP0290 - Solar Farm - Hophouse Lane grid connection

FP0290 - Solar Farm - Hophouse Lane grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceFP0290 - SOLAR FARM - HOPHOUSE LANE grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Kirkby Lonsdale)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toKirkby Lonsdale (via a primary substation)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity25 MWSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorElectricity North West LimitedSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date10 Apr 2025SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates54.2047, -2.5984SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

FP0290 - Solar Farm - Hophouse Lane grid connection is the 928th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,482nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 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
England928th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,482nd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data5,039th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 128 power plants (41 operating, 226 MW), 96 substations, 1 transmission line and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Kirkby LonsdaleSubstation——1.0 km
Land North of Saddler Nook LanePower plant5 MWCancelled2.5 km
MellingSubstation——7.2 km
Barkin House Wind FarmPower plant4.7 MWCancelled7.5 km
Armistead Wind FarmPower plant12 MWOperating8.4 km
YealandSubstation——9.8 km
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectTransmission line—Planned37 km
Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas StorageGas storage facility—Cancelled41 km

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