Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Wind 30.6 MW grid connection at Fraisthorpe Windfarm

Wind 30.6 MW grid connection at Fraisthorpe Windfarm is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30.6 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Fraisthorpe Windfarm)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toDriffield/Beverley Group (via a bulk supply point)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity30.6 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindNorthern 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
Connection date1 Nov 2015Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage66 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates54.0400, -0.2385Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Wind 30.6 MW grid connection at Fraisthorpe Windfarm is the 854th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,325th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.6 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England854th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,325th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,834th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 175 power plants (40 operating, 467 MW), 75 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Fraisthorpe Wind FarmPower plant29.7 MWOperating1.2 km
Land South Of Demming FarmPower plant8 MWCancelled1.4 km
CarnabyPower plant6 MWPermitted3.6 km
Brett StreetSubstation——5.9 km
MartongateSubstation——8.0 km
DriffieldSubstation——12 km
Aldbrough Hydrogen StorageGas storage facility—Planned28 km
Continental Link Multi-Purpose InterconnectorTransmission line—Cancelled29 km
Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection ProjectTransmission line—Planned40 km

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