Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Turners Solar Farm grid connection
Turners Solar Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 23 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | TURNERS SOLAR FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Blackburn) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Turners Lane, Barnacre - Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.2 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Blackburn BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | 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 |
| Queue date | 13 Jun 2023 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8991, -2.7446 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted: Turners Lane, Barnacre - Solar Farm (planning authority Wyre, reference 23/00902/FULMAJ)
- Permit applied for: Turners Lane, Barnacre - Solar Farm (planning authority Wyre, reference 23/00902/FULMAJ)
How it compares
Turners Solar Farm grid connection is the 963rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,550th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23 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 | 963rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,550th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,135th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 267 power plants (92 operating, 1,224 MW), 225 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turners Lane, Barnacre - Solar Farm | Power plant | 23 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Garstang | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Dewlay Cheese Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Cross House Farm Turbine | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Catterall Waterworks | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Moorside | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 15 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.