Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
May Farm grid connection
May Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2.4 MW of capacity, held by Shorpshire Energy (UK) 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 Littleport Primary 11kV) | 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 | Shorpshire Energy (UK) Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Littleport Primary 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.55 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.4 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill gas | 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 | 15 Jul 2013 | 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 | 52.4592, 0.3509 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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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: May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD)
- Permit granted: May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) (planning authority East Cambridgeshire, reference 11/00447/FUM)
- Permit applied for: May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) (planning authority East Cambridgeshire, reference 11/00447/FUM)
How it compares
May Farm grid connection is the 2,911th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,990th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.4 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 | 2,911th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,990th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,721st of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 330 power plants (134 operating, 3,118 MW), 111 substations, 6 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Littleport Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Redmere Wind Farm | Power plant | 303 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Southery Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Wicken Bridleway, Church Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 400 MW | Permitted | 8.8 km |
| Upwell Lakes End Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
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