Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Strand Road grid connection

Strand Road grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
Name in the sourceSTRAND ROAD grid connectionSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEngland (connects at Douglas St)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toDouglas St (via a primary substation)SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1 MWSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyOilSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorElectricity North West LimitedSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date10 Aug 2000SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage6.6 kVSP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.7621, -2.7189SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Strand Road grid connection is the 2,490th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,835th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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
England2,490th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,835th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,851st of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 342 power plants (109 operating, 1,410 MW), 324 substations, 13 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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
Douglas StSubstation——0.4 km
Holme RDSubstation——0.6 km
Ribble BSPSubstation——0.8 km
Howick Hall Farm - Battery Storage FacilityPower plant49.9 MWPlanned2.5 km
Penwortham - Battery storagePower plant57 MWPermitted2.8 km
Penwortham Sub StationPower plant50 MWCancelled2.8 km
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectTransmission line—Planned13 km
Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission AssetsTransmission line—Permitted22 km
Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas StorageGas storage facility—Cancelled23 km

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