Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Potato Pot Wind Farm grid connection
Potato Pot Wind Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7.5 MW of capacity, held by Potato Pot Wind Farm 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 | POTATO POT WIND FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Leyland National) | 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 | Potato Pot Wind Farm Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Potato Pot Wind Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.02 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Leyland National (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.5 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 | 24 Aug 2016 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6036, -3.4846 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Potato Pot Wind Farm
- Permit granted: Potato Pot Wind Farm (planning authority Cumberland, reference 2/2012/0594)
- Permit granted: Potato Pot Wind Farm (appeal granted, planning authority Cumberland, reference 2/2012/0594)
- Permit refused: Potato Pot Wind Farm (planning authority Cumberland, reference 2/2012/0594)
- Permit applied for: Potato Pot Wind Farm (planning authority Cumberland, reference 2/2012/0594)
How it compares
Potato Pot Wind Farm grid connection is the 1,479th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,331st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.5 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 | 1,479th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,331st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,267th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 111 power plants (42 operating, 533 MW) and 39 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Potato Pot Wind Farm | Power plant | 6 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Dean Moor Solar Farm | Power plant | — | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| HDA NO1 | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Leyland National | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| HDA NO2 | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
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- 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.