Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Redscar Business Park grid connection
Redscar Business Park grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 42.1 MW of capacity, held by Conrad (Redscar) Ltd.
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 | REDSCAR BUSINESS PARK grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Preston East) | 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 | Conrad (Redscar) Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Preston East (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42.1 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 | 19 Mar 2020 | 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 | 53.7834, -2.6408 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow it compares
Redscar Business Park grid connection is the 727th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,121st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42.1 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 | 727th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,121st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,543rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 348 substations, 341 power plants (106 operating, 1,017 MW), 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Scar Industrial Estate - EfW | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Global Ardour Recycling Limited - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Ribbleton | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Preston East | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Preston East BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 1.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 13 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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- 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.