Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection
Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, held by Renewables First 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 | IRLAM HYDROPOWER STATION, MANCHESTER grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Carrington BSP) | 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 | Renewables First Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Carrington BSP BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | 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 |
| Queue date | 5 Dec 2018 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 6.6 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4438, -2.4087 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares
Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection is the 2,490th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,835th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 2,490th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,835th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,851st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 405 power plants (120 operating, 1,322 MW), 365 substations, 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Carrington - Cryogenic Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Manchester Road - Green Hydrogen Production Facility & Battery Storage | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Manchester Road - Green Hydrogen Production Facility & Battery Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Irlam | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 9.9 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.
- 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.