Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Waste 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 2 Wind Farm

Waste 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 2 Wind Farm is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Elslack 2 Wind Farm)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toSilsden (via a bulk supply point)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity18 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWasteNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date28 Oct 2025Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.9040, -2.1096Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Waste 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 2 Wind Farm is the 1,129th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,791st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England1,129th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,791st of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data5,568th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 419 substations, 255 power plants (78 operating, 580 MW), 12 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive - Solar PanelsPower plant1 MWPermitted2.9 km
SalterforthSubstation——3.6 km
BarnoldswickSubstation——5.3 km
Langroyd RDSubstation——5.9 km
Dechra Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Building 3 - Solar PanelsPower plant1.59 MWPermitted7.9 km
Walshaw House, Regent Street - Battery Energy StoragePower plant100 MWPermitted8.4 km
Lloyds Banking Group CopleyData center——26 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)Data center——26 km
Redcentric Elland Data CentreData center——30 km

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