Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Pimbo Road grid connection
Pimbo Road grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 21.1 MW of capacity, held by Pimbo Generation 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 | PIMBO ROAD grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Skelmersdale) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Pimbo Generation Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Skelmersdale BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 21.1 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | 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 |
| Connection date | 1 Jun 2019 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5283, -2.7610 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares
Pimbo Road grid connection is the 1,004th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,620th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 21.1 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 | 1,004th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,620th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,213th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 406 power plants (120 operating, 1,663 MW), 343 substations, 17 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton House Farm, Pimbo Road - Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Pikelaw Place | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Pimbo | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Willow HEY | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Upholland | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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