Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Tunstead Stor 1 grid connection
Tunstead Stor 1 grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 16 MW of capacity, held by Buxton Power Ltd.
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 | TUNSTEAD STOR 1 grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Buxton) | 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 | Buxton Power Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Oil | 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 | 14 Jan 2017 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2731, -1.8772 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Tunstead Stor 1 grid connection is the 1,167th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,847th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16 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 | 1,167th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,847th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,358th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 381 power plants (118 operating, 994 MW), 134 substations, 18 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment | Power plant | 15 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment | Power plant | 15 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Hardybarn Lane, Green Fairfield - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Hope | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Baslow Road | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Snaithing Park Road | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Datum Datacentres (MCR2) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Delta House | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- © 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.