Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Sowery Lodge Solar Farm grid connection
Sowery Lodge Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, held by Sowerby Lodge Limited.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | SOWERY LODGE SOLAR FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Bowaters) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Sowerby Lodge Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Dec 2015 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1421, -3.2352 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Sowery Lodge Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,830th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,840th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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 | 1,830th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,840th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,514th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 125 power plants (46 operating, 1,889 MW), 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sowerby Lodge | Power plant | 4.2 MW | Cancelled | 0.1 km |
| Sowerby Lodge Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Sandscale Park - Solar Array | Power plant | 2 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 31 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
- 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.
- 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.