Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
NEL Alpaca grid connection
NEL Alpaca grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, held by Newton Energi 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | NEL ALPACA grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Peel) | 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 | Newton Energi Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Peel BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | 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 | 18 Jan 2024 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7791, -2.9727 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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.
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NEL Alpaca grid connection is the 538th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 804th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 538th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 804th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,076th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 290 power plants (99 operating, 1,818 MW), 192 substations, 4 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Peel Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Peel Road Phase 2 - Solar Farm | Power plant | 13 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Lawns Solar Farm | Power plant | 25 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Lytham BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Marton | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 5.5 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 14 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Newton Energi Limited
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- Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility240 MW · permitted
- Kellingley Farm, Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Storage240 MW · planned
- Corner Of Weeland Road, Lunn Lane - Battery Storage Facility200 MW · permitted
- Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility180 MW · permitted
- Derehams Farm, Derehams Lane - Battery Storage126 MW · planned
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
- 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.
- 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.