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Great Friars grid connection

Great Friars grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.87 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Great Friars grid connection lies
52.6595, 0.6365 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Swaffham Grid 33kV)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
Capacity4.87 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyLandfill gasUK 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 date14 Jul 2015UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.6595, 0.6365UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Great Friars grid connection is the 2,390th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,305th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.87 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
England2,390th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,305th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,006th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 302 power plants (112 operating, 2,704 MW), 93 substations, 3 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Burntstalk Solar ParkPower plant11.5 MWOperating1.6 km
The Droves Solar FarmPower plant500 MWPlanned3.1 km
The Droves Solar FarmPower plant500 MWPlanned3.2 km
Swaffham Grid 11kVSubstation——4.8 km
Swaffham Grid 33kVSubstation——4.8 km
Narborough Primary 11kVSubstation——5.9 km
Longmarsh Green EnergyData center—Planned18 km
Kings Lynn B Connection ProjectTransmission line—Permitted19 km
US Air Force data center, BrandonData center——30 km

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