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Kessingland Wind Farm grid connection

Kessingland Wind Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.1 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Kessingland Wind Farm grid connection lies
52.4162, 1.6947 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Henstead Primary 11kV)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toHenstead Primary 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity4.1 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 date7 Jun 2011UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.4162, 1.6947UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Kessingland Wind Farm grid connection is the 2,519th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,496th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.1 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England2,519th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,496th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,205th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 160 power plants (49 operating, 2,706 MW), 70 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Wind Farm Africa AlivePower plant4.1 MWOperating0.8 km
Henstead Primary 11kVSubstation——2.4 km
Priory FarmPower plant3.1 MWOperating3.8 km
Long Rd Primary 11kVSubstation——4.6 km
Ellough Airfield (biodiesel)Power plant19 MWCancelled5.2 km
Lowestoft Grid 11kVSubstation——7.6 km
LionLink InterconnectorTransmission line—Planned27 km
Norwich to TilburyTransmission line—Planned34 km

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