Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Ray Lane grid connection
Ray Lane grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, held by Network Rail Infrastructure 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 | RAY LANE grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Penwortham East GSP / Rochdale SGT 1 Group) | 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 | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 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 | 13 Jun 2000 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 25 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8871, -2.7451 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares
Ray Lane grid connection is the 1,995th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,064th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 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 | 1,995th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,064th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,061st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 279 power plants (91 operating, 1,069 MW), 230 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Turners Lane, Barnacre - Solar Farm | Power plant | 23 MW | Permitted | 1.3 km |
| Westfield Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Catterall Waterworks | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Dewlay Cheese Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Garstang | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Moorside | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 15 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
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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.
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