Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Lancaster University Solar Park grid connection
Lancaster University Solar Park grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 8.5 MW of capacity, held by Lancaster University.
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 | LANCASTER UNIVERSITY SOLAR PARK grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Burrow Beck) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Lancaster University | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Burrow Beck (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.5 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | 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 | 2 Dec 2020 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0115, -2.7841 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Lancaster University Solar Park grid connection is the 1,424th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,253rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.5 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 | 1,424th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,253rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,181st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 200 power plants (75 operating, 1,169 MW), 164 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster University (wind) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Burrow Beck - Solar farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Burrow Beck | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm | Power plant | 16.5 MW | Under construction | 2.0 km |
| Spring Garden St 6.6KV | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Spring Garden St 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 15 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 17 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. The terms cover every document on caiso.com, the cluster reports included. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.