Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Weddicar Solar Farm 31MW NON-Firm grid connection
Weddicar Solar Farm 31MW NON-Firm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 32.6 MW of capacity, held by S4N Coryton 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 | WEDDICAR SOLAR FARM 31MW NON-FIRM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Egremont) | 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 |
| Holder | S4N Coryton Ltd | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Egremont BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32.6 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 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 11 Jun 2018 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Jan 2027 (target energisation) | 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 | 54.5471, -3.5079 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Weddicar Solar Farm 31MW NON-Firm grid connection is the 838th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,296th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32.6 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 | 838th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,296th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,798th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 104 power plants (45 operating, 546 MW) and 37 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weddicar Rigg Wind Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Fairfield Farm | Power plant | 6.5 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Fairfield Farm | Power plant | 7.8 MW | Cancelled | 3.8 km |
| Hensingham | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Egremont | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Egremont BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- 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.