Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm grid connection
Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 322 MW of capacity, held by National Grid Electricity Transmission.
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 Norwich) | 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 | National Grid Electricity Transmission | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 322 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 | 1 Apr 2012 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7716, 1.1523 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm grid connection is the 225th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 308th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 322 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 | 225th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 308th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 1,003rd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 196 power plants (68 operating, 1,411 MW), 76 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sall 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Sall Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Warren Wood Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Warren Wood Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Docking Farm Solar | Power plant | 28 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| Aylsham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
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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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.