Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Messingham Solar Park Direct

Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Messingham Solar Park Direct is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Messingham Solar Park Direct)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toKeadby (via a grid supply point)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity49.9 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date2 May 2025Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.5496, -0.6773Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Messingham Solar Park Direct is the 597th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 904th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England597th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom904th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,270th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 534 power plants (138 operating, 4,435 MW), 185 substations, 2 transmission lines, 2 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Bridges RoadSubstation——2.5 km
BottesfordSubstation——2.9 km
Church Lane - Solar CanopyPower plant1.11 MWPermitted4.2 km
Scunthorpe SouthSubstation——4.6 km
Little Crow Solar ParkPower plant150 MWPermitted5.1 km
Raventhorpe Lodge (Sweeting Thorns)Power plant25 MWCancelled5.3 km
North Humber to High MarnhamTransmission line—Planned16 km
ThalesData center——29 km
Continental Link Multi-Purpose InterconnectorTransmission line—Cancelled33 km

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