Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wind 18 MW grid connection at Elslack Wind Farm
Wind 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connection site: Elslack Wind Farm) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (Accepted To Connect) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Silsden (via: bsp) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 28 Oct 2025 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9040, -2.1096 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Wind 18 MW grid connection at Elslack 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,129th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,791st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,282nd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 255 power plants (78 operating, 580 MW), 191 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Craven Business Park, West Craven Drive - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| Salterforth | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Barnoldswick | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Ings Lane | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Building 3 - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.59 MW | Permitted | 7.9 km |
| Walshaw House, Regent Street - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 8.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
Grid operator and place
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Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- 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
- CAISO queue report. 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.