Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Kirkby Moor Wind Farm grid connection

Kirkby Moor Wind Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.8 MW of capacity, held by Beaufort Wind Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceKIRKBY MOOR WIND FARM grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Kirkby Moor)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderBeaufort Wind LimitedSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toKirkby Moor (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 2.25 km away)Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toKirkby Moor (via a primary substation)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity4.8 MWSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorElectricity North West LimitedSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date1 Sept 1993SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates54.2383, -3.1326SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Permit granted: Kirkby Moor (planning authority Westmorland and Furness)
  2. Permit applied for: Kirkby Moor (planning authority Westmorland and Furness)
  3. Commissioned: Kirkby Moor

How it compares

Kirkby Moor Wind Farm grid connection is the 1,709th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,654th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.8 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England1,709th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom2,654th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data6,624th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 129 power plants (50 operating, 4,306 MW), 73 substations, 1 gas storage facility and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Kirkby MoorSubstation——0.0 km
Gunson Height Wind FarmPower plant7.8 MWCancelled0.9 km
Kirkby Moor RepoweringPower plant18 MWCancelled1.2 km
Kirkby MoorPower plant4.8 MWOperating2.3 km
UlverstonSubstation——5.4 km
Ulverston BSPSubstation——5.4 km
Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas StorageGas storage facility—Cancelled38 km
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectTransmission line—Planned47 km

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