Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Isle of Man Interconnector grid connection
Isle of Man Interconnector grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 67 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | ISLE OF MAN INTERCONNECTOR grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Penwortham West GSP / Stanah GSP Group) | 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 |
| Capacity | 67 MW | 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 Sept 2018 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8503, -3.0270 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Isle of Man Interconnector grid connection is the 459th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 620th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 67 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 | 459th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 620th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,736th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 238 power plants (80 operating, 1,837 MW), 157 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bispham BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Bristol Avenue - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 25 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Bispham | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Warbreck | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Aldon Road | Power plant | 6 MW | Cancelled | 3.7 km |
| Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facility | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Permitted | 3.8 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 7.1 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.2 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
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.
- 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.