Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Winscales 2 Wind Farm grid connection
Winscales 2 Wind Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6.8 MW of capacity, connected by Electricity North West.
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 | WINSCALES 2 WIND FARM grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Stainburn & Siddick) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Stainburn & Siddick BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.8 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 |
| Connection date | 4 Nov 2004 | 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 | 54.6356, -3.4982 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Winscales 2 Wind Farm grid connection is the 1,530th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,400th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.8 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 | 1,530th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,400th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,343rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 120 power plants (40 operating, 519 MW) and 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winscales Phase I and II | Power plant | 8.8 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Winscales Moor | Power plant | 6 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Stainburn | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Stainburn & Siddick BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Leyland National | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Lillyhall Wind Farm | Power plant | 9.2 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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