Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Lexham Farm grid connection
Lexham Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 9.52 MW of capacity, held by Solarcentury.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Hempton Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Solarcentury | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.26 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.52 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern 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 date | 21 May 2013 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7450, 0.7756 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham)
- Permit granted: Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham) (planning authority Breckland, reference 3PL/2012/1020/F)
- Permit applied for: Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham) (planning authority Breckland, reference 3PL/2012/1020/F)
How it compares
Lexham Farm grid connection is the 1,893rd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,661st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.52 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,893rd of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,661st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,310th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 239 power plants (87 operating, 3,274 MW), 88 substations, 2 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham) | Power plant | 7.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Uphouse Farm - Sandpits Solar Farm & Battery Energy storage | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Uphouse Farm - Sandpits Solar Farm & Battery Energy storage | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Kempstone Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Lt Massingham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Coxford Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
Holder, 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.