Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Greaves Farm grid connection
Greaves Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, held by New NRG 4 Ltd.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | GREAVES FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Kendal) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | New NRG 4 Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Kendal (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Greaves Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.6 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Mar 2016 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.2921, -2.6848 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Greaves Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Greaves Solar Farm (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference SL/2015/0694)
- Permit applied for: Greaves Solar Farm (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference SL/2015/0694)
How it compares
Greaves Farm grid connection is the 1,830th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,840th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,830th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,840th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,824th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 108 power plants (34 operating, 208 MW), 63 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greaves Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Greenmoor Bank | Power plant | 50 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Kendal | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Kendal (Parkside RD) BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Mintsfeet | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 47 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.