Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Slack Lane, Westhoughton grid connection
Slack Lane, Westhoughton grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 15.8 MW of capacity, held by Electricity North West (Construction & Maintenance) 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 | SLACK LANE, WESTHOUGHTON grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Westhoughton) | 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 |
| Holder | Electricity North West (Construction & Maintenance) Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15.8 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 | 10 Aug 2018 | 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 | 53.5602, -2.5165 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Slack Lane, Westhoughton grid connection is the 1,181st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,869th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15.8 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 | 1,181st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,869th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,385th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 404 power plants (119 operating, 1,364 MW), 31 substations, 20 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 45 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Chadwick Wind Turbines | Power plant | 4.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 37 km |
| Hebden Bridge | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.