Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
UNIT 1 grid connection
UNIT 1 grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, held by Alkane Energy CM 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 Crown Lane) | 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 | Alkane Energy CM Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | 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 | 1 Dec 2017 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5963, -2.5625 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
UNIT 1 grid connection is the 1,568th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,456th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 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 | 1,568th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,456th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,098th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 396 power plants (117 operating, 1,594 MW), 26 substations, 19 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Chadwick Wind Turbines | Power plant | 4.5 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Rigby Landfill | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 38 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.