Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Hill Farm grid connection
Hill Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 10.5 MW of capacity, held by Renewables Solar (UK) 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 Letchworth 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 | Renewables Solar (UK) Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Langford Solar Farm (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 1.08 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10.5 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 2015 | 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 | 52.0472, -0.2621 | 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: Langford Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Langford Solar Farm (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/13/02288/FULL)
- Permit applied for: Langford Solar Farm (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/13/02288/FULL)
How it compares
Hill Farm grid connection is the 1,791st-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,533rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10.5 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 | 1,791st of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,533rd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,132nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 445 power plants (165 operating, 3,702 MW), 219 substations, 23 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford Solar Farm | Power plant | 13 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Langford Wind Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Biggleswade Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 3.9 km |
| Shefford Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Letchworth Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Hertfordshire Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
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- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
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