Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Makerfield Way Depot grid connection
Makerfield Way Depot grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.27 MW of capacity, held by SAS Energy - Wigan Council.
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 | MAKERFIELD WAY DEPOT grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Hindley Green) | 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 | SAS Energy - Wigan Council | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.27 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 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 | 53.5456, -2.5857 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Makerfield Way Depot grid connection is the 2,382nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,689th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.27 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 | 2,382nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,689th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,393rd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 418 power plants (127 operating, 1,626 MW), 19 data centers, 10 substations, 4 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkless Power | Power plant | 2.1 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 2.4 km |
| Bickershaw Lane EfW | Power plant | 8 MW | Cancelled | 3.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 37 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.