Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Manor Farm grid connection
Manor Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.9 MW of capacity, held by Boom Developments Limited.
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 Paddock Wood) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Boom Developments Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Paddock Wood 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.9 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 | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 19 Sept 2025 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2109, 0.4224 | 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.
How it compares
Manor Farm grid connection is the 2,385th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,296th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.9 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 | 2,385th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,296th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,995th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 342 substations, 329 power plants (131 operating, 6,809 MW) and 52 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm, Laddingford - Solar Farm | Power plant | 4.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Manor Farm, Laddingford - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 4.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Paddock Wood | Power plant | 9.2 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Paddock Wood 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Capel 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Mereworth 11kV | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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