Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Meadow Farm grid connection
Meadow Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, held by Solar Inc 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 Swaffham 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 | Solar Inc Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Meadow Farm solar park (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.07 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 Mar 2014 | 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 | 52.5432, 0.5478 | 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: Meadow Farm solar park
- Permit granted: Meadow Farm solar park (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 13/00796/FM)
- Permit applied for: Meadow Farm solar park (planning authority King's Lynn and West Norfolk, reference 13/00796/FM)
How it compares
Meadow Farm grid connection is the 2,306th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,191st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 2,306th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,191st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,884th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 323 power plants (123 operating, 2,607 MW), 103 substations, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Farm solar park | Power plant | 6 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Green Lane Solar Park - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 15 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Northwold Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Hall Farm, West End Northwold - Solar Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Feltwell Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Brandon Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 20 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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