Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Westwood Cross PV grid connection
Westwood Cross PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, connected by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area).
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 Richborough Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Manston Solar Farm extension (Westwood) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.63 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 |
| Connection date | 27 Mar 2014 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3537, 1.3867 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Manston Solar Farm extension (Westwood)
- Permit granted: Manston Solar Farm extension (Westwood) (planning authority Thanet, reference F/TH/13/0315)
- Permit applied for: Manston Solar Farm extension (Westwood) (planning authority Thanet, reference F/TH/13/0315)
How it compares
Westwood Cross PV grid connection is the 1,805th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,551st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 1,805th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,551st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,152nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 130 power plants (53 operating, 4,561 MW), 51 substations, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manston Solar Farm extension (Westwood) | Power plant | 9.2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Manston Solar Farm | Power plant | 9.9 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Manston 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Thanet 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Land near Manston | Power plant | 8.1 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Thanet Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 11 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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