Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Thurstons Farm grid connection
Thurstons Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).
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 Thaxted Grid) | 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 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 18 Jan 2026 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9822, 0.4659 | 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
Thurstons Farm grid connection is the 546th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 726th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 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 | 546th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 726th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,728th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 330 power plants (124 operating, 3,034 MW), 204 substations, 12 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Land west of Hawkspur Green (Hill Hall Solar) | Power plant | 4.9 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Hyde Farm | Power plant | 10.8 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| Spriggs Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| Thaxted Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Thaxted Local 11kV | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 33 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- 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
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.