Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Water Lane grid connection
Water Lane grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, held by Haxted Mead Solar Farm 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 Three Bridges) | 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 | Haxted Mead Solar Farm Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 11 Mar 2023 | 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 | 51.1892, 0.0054 | 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
Water Lane grid connection is the 698th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 997th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 698th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 997th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,183rd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 486 substations, 301 power plants (120 operating, 3,402 MW), 93 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Barrow Green Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Haxted Mead, Lingfield - Solar Farm | Power plant | 50 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Crowhurst 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Gaywood Solar Farm | Power plant | 10.7 MW | Permitted | 4.0 km |
| Edenbridge 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Dormansland Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Restore Records Management | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Unit 3 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Haxted Mead Solar Farm Limited
- Haxted Mead, Lingfield - Solar Farm50 MW · planned
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- 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.
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- 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.