Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wind 8.5 MW grid connection at Houghton Main
Wind 8.5 MW grid connection at Houghton Main is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 8.5 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 (connects at Houghton Main) | 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 | Houghton Main (via a primary substation) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.5 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 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5479, -1.3609 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Wind 8.5 MW grid connection at Houghton Main is the 1,424th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,253rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.5 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 | 1,424th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,253rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,181st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 472 power plants (138 operating, 4,245 MW), 383 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton Main | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Houghton Main | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Houghton Main Renewable Energy - AD | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Grimethorpe | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Park Springs, Long Royd - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3.1 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Aldham | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
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- 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, 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.