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Somerton Wind Generator grid connection

Somerton Wind Generator grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2.8 MW of capacity, held by Non Fossil Purchasing Agency Limited.

Map: where Somerton Wind Generator grid connection lies
52.7100, 1.6545 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Martham Primary 11kV)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
HolderNon Fossil Purchasing Agency LimitedUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toMartham Primary 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toBlood Hill Wind Farm (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.23 km away)Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity2.8 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date23 Jun 2000UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.7100, 1.6545UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Permit refused: Blood Hill Wind Farm (planning authority Great Yarmouth)
  2. Permit applied for: Blood Hill Wind Farm (planning authority Great Yarmouth)

How it compares

Somerton Wind Generator grid connection is the 2,835th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,892nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.8 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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
England2,835th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,892nd of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,621st of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 139 power plants (46 operating, 772 MW), 62 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Blood Hill Wind FarmPower plant2.3 MWClosed0.2 km
South Beach Wind Turbine (Somerton)Power plant1.5 MWOperating0.3 km
Bloodhills - repoweringPower plant1 MWOperating1.0 km
Martham Primary 11kVSubstation——1.5 km
Ormesby Primary 11kVSubstation——4.0 km
Caister Primary 11kVSubstation——9.7 km
Norwich to TilburyTransmission line—Planned30 km

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