Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Wreay Solar grid connection
Wreay Solar grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.98 MW of capacity, held by Wreay Solar Limited.
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 | WREAY SOLAR grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Carlisle) | 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 |
| Holder | Wreay Solar Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Land at Wreay (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.26 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Carlisle BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.98 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 14 Mar 2017 | 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 | 54.8192, -2.8976 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Land at Wreay
- Permit granted: Land at Wreay (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 15/0653)
- Permit granted: Land at Wreay (appeal granted, planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 15/0653)
- Permit refused: Land at Wreay (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 15/0653)
- Permit applied for: Land at Wreay (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 15/0653)
How it compares
Wreay Solar grid connection is the 1,702nd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,639th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.98 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 | 1,702nd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,639th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,607th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 135 power plants (41 operating, 489 MW), 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Wreay | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Newlands Farm Wind | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| Newlands Farm 2 | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| Petteril Bank | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Pirelli | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Morton Park | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.