Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Stort Solar Farm grid connection
Stort Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, held by East End Solar Farm 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Harlow West Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | East End Solar Farm Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 30 Jun 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2031 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7715, 0.0486 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
Stort Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,015th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,445th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,015th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,445th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,735th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 529 substations, 423 power plants (152 operating, 4,839 MW), 95 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East End Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Harlow West Grid 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Harlow West Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Poundland Distribution Centre - Solar Photovoltaic System | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Rye Meads Sewerage Treatment Works | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Hoddesdon Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 5.7 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from East End Solar Farm Limited
- East End Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
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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
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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.
- 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.
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