Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Parham Airfield / Great Glenham grid connection
Parham Airfield / Great Glenham grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, held by GG Renewables 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 Wickham Market 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 | GG Renewables Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Parham Airfield (Great Glenham) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.45 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 15 May 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 | 52.1983, 1.4074 | 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: Parham Airfield (Great Glenham)
- Permit granted: Parham Airfield (Great Glenham) (planning authority East Suffolk, reference C/12/2067)
- Permit applied for: Parham Airfield (Great Glenham) (planning authority East Suffolk, reference C/12/2067)
How it compares
Parham Airfield / Great Glenham grid connection is the 1,574th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,247th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 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 | 1,574th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,247th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,806th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 185 power plants (53 operating, 2,601 MW), 105 substations and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Road Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Parham Airfield (Great Glenham) | Power plant | 17.5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Parham Airfield (wind) | Power plant | 13.8 MW | Cancelled | 0.7 km |
| Wickham Market Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Benhall Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Hacheston Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 8.5 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
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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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.