Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Potters Bar Solar Farm grid connection
Potters Bar Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.5 MW of capacity, held by UK Sustainable Energy.
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 West Potters Bar Primary 11kV) | 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 | UK Sustainable Energy | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Potters Bar Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.25 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | West Potters Bar Primary 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.5 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 | 31 Mar 2017 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7073, -0.2025 | 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: Potters Bar Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Potters Bar Solar Farm (planning authority Hertsmere, reference 15/1289/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Potters Bar Solar Farm (planning authority Hertsmere, reference 15/1289/FUL)
How it compares
Potters Bar Solar Farm grid connection is the 2,453rd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,394th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.5 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 | 2,453rd of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,394th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,102nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 564 substations, 429 power plants (164 operating, 4,072 MW), 134 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Potters Bar Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Land At Swanland Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Central Potters Bar Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Wrotham Park - Solar Panels | Power plant | 30 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Hatfield Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Soverign Data Centre - Metro Point | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Colt London North Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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