Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 4.98 MW grid connection at Askern
Solar 4.98 MW grid connection at Askern is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.98 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 Askern) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Askern (via a primary substation) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Askern Colliery solar farm (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.38 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.98 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 | 1 Jan 2015 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 7 Jul 2015 | 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 | 53.6197, -1.1524 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Askern Colliery solar farm
- Permit granted: Askern Colliery solar farm (planning authority Doncaster, reference 14/01829/FULM)
- Permit applied for: Askern Colliery solar farm (planning authority Doncaster, reference 14/01829/FULM)
How it compares
Solar 4.98 MW grid connection at Askern is the 1,701st-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,638th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.98 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 | 1,701st of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,638th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,606th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 491 power plants (137 operating, 4,249 MW), 361 substations, 11 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Askern Colliery solar farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Askern | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Norton Community Wind Turbines | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Under construction | 4.4 km |
| Bentley | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
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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 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.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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