Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Highfields Farm grid connection
Highfields Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by DNO Consulting 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 Abberton 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 | DNO Consulting Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Highfields Farm (Colchester) (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.68 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 27 Mar 2014 | 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 | 51.8221, 0.7144 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Highfields Farm (Colchester)
- Permit granted: Highfields Farm (Colchester) (planning authority Colchester, reference 121949 (12/1949/FUL))
- Permit applied for: Highfields Farm (Colchester) (planning authority Colchester, reference 121949 (12/1949/FUL))
How it compares
Highfields Farm grid connection is the 1,574th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,247th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,574th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,247th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,806th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 289 power plants (122 operating, 7,144 MW), 189 substations, 6 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highfields Farm (Braintree) | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Highfields Farm (Colchester) | Power plant | 12.2 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Tiptree Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm | Power plant | 6.15 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Coggeshall Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Witham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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