Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Sorbie Windfarm grid connection
Sorbie Windfarm grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, connected by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).
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 | Scotland (connects at Saltcoats A) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 MW | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 22 May 2020 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.6649, -4.7870 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
Sorbie Windfarm grid connection is the 633rd-largest of 1,158 grid connections in Scotland and the 2,440th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 633rd of 1,158 | 87,819 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,440th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,026th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 302 power plants (59 operating, 2,126 MW), 177 substations and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorbie Farm | Power plant | 9 MW | Under construction | 0.0 km |
| Sorbie Farm wind cluster | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.0 km |
| Meiklelaught Farm - Battery Storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Saltcoats Main | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Stevenston | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Byrehill | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Arven Offshore Wind Farm grid connection1,800 MW
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- Earba PSH grid connection1,800 MW
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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.
- © 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.