Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Raby's Farm grid connection
Raby's Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West 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 | RABY'S FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Blackburn) | 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 |
| Attached to | Blackburn BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45 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 | 13 Oct 2021 | 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 | 53.8515, -2.7268 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Raby's Farm grid connection is the 699th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,071st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 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 | 699th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,071st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,466th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 300 power plants (99 operating, 821 MW), 250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Farm, Green Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 45 MW | Under construction | 0.4 km |
| Bilsborrow Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Westfield Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Catterall Waterworks | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Moorside | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Blackbull | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 17 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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- 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. The terms cover every document on caiso.com, the cluster reports included. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.