Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Tring Road grid connection
Tring Road grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, held by Terra Firma Energy 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 Sundon) | 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 | Terra Firma Energy Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | 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 | 13 Jul 2018 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2024 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.8465, -0.7193 | 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
Tring Road grid connection is the 669th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 964th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 669th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 964th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,149th 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
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 409 power plants (142 operating, 3,400 MW), 326 substations and 101 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folly Farm | Power plant | 13.1 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Straws Hadley Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Hale Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Arla Dairies Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Aylesbury East Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Cheddington Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 20 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
Other grid connections in England
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- 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
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.