Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 2 MW grid connection at Brodsworth
Solar 2 MW grid connection at Brodsworth is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.
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 Brodsworth) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Brodsworth (via a primary substation) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.13 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 2 Nov 2022 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5828, -1.1749 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Solar 2 MW grid connection at Brodsworth is the 2,165th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,341st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 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 | 2,165th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,341st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,035th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 497 power plants (140 operating, 4,351 MW), 354 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Under construction | 0.1 km |
| Woodlands - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Permitted | 2.8 km |
| Long Lands Lane | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Bentley | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Askern | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
Grid operator and place
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- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.