Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connection
Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, held by QE Development Holdco Limited.
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 Brimsdown (EPN)) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | QE Development Holdco Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 |
| Queue date | 28 May 2026 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6930, -0.2183 | 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
Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connection is the 546th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 726th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 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 | 546th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 726th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,728th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 565 substations, 421 power plants (159 operating, 3,980 MW), 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land At Swanland Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Wrotham Park - Solar Panels | Power plant | 30 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| West Potters Bar Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Central Potters Bar Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| East Barnet Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Soverign Data Centre - Metro Point | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| BT Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Google Waltham Cross | Data center | 88 MW | Operating | 12 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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Data on this page
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
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