Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Land to West of Town End Farm, Skelton grid connection

Land to West of Town End Farm, Skelton grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceLAND TO WEST OF TOWN END FARM, SKELTON grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Hutton End & Skelton C)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toPenrith & Shap BSP (via a bulk supply point)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity5 MWSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarSP 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
Queue date16 Jul 2015SP 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
Coordinates54.7131, -2.8719SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Land to West of Town End Farm, Skelton grid connection is the 1,667th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,582nd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England1,667th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom2,582nd of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data6,544th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 129 power plants (39 operating, 316 MW), 55 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Town End FarmPower plant5 MWCancelled1.5 km
Land at Skelton Radio Transmitter SitePower plant5 MWCancelled1.5 km
Skelton CSubstation——3.0 km
Lamonby Wind FarmPower plant27 MWCancelled3.2 km
Hutton EndSubstation——3.9 km
Penrith & Shap BSPSubstation——8.1 km
Cross Border Connection (England)Transmission line—Planned48 km

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