Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 30 MW grid connection at Village Farm Solar Direct
Solar 30 MW grid connection at Village Farm Solar Direct is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) 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 (connection site: Village Farm Solar Direct) | 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 | Knaresborough (via: gsp) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | York Solar Farm (method: coordinates+technology+capacity, distance km: 0.12) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 13 Dec 2022 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1461, -1.2264 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Solar 30 MW grid connection at Village Farm Solar Direct is the 857th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,333rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 857th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,333rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,564th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 255 power plants (66 operating, 3,585 MW), 173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boscar Grange Farm | Power plant | 27 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| York Solar Farm | Power plant | 34.7 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Land South of Highfield House | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Husthwaite | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Husthwaite 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Sessay Bridge/Sowerby | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
Grid operator and place
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- 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
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Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.