Grid connection · Wales, United Kingdom
Kronospan grid connection
Kronospan grid connection is a grid connection in Wales, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, held by Kronospan.
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 | Wales (connects at Legacy Local GT2 / Newtown GT2 / Oswestry GT5 / Oswestry GT8 / Welshpool GT1 / Whitchurch GT1) | 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 |
| Holder | Kronospan | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 MW | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area) | 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 | 52.9376, -3.0641 | 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
Kronospan grid connection is the 44th-largest of 156 grid connections in Wales and the 1,669th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 44th of 156 | 21,013 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 1,669th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,003rd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 365 substations, 219 power plants (75 operating, 3,279 MW), 4 transmission lines, 3 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadburys Kronospan T1 / Cadburys Kronospan T2 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Cadburys Kronospan T1 / Cadburys Kronospan T2 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Kronospan Biomass | Power plant | 9.1 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Berllandeg Farm, Rhoswiel - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.28 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Pen y Bont | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Ifton T1 / Ifton T2 | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Kronospan
- Kronospan Biomass9.1 MW
Other grid connections in Wales
- Pembroke Power Station grid connection2,199 MW
- Dinorwig grid connection1,644 MW
- Mona Offshore Wind Farm grid connection1,500 MW
- Connah's Quay grid connection1,380 MW
- Legacy Green Energy Centre grid connection1,200 MW
- Awel Y Mor grid connection1,100 MW
- Cilfynydd Green Energy Centre grid connection1,025 MW
- Pentir Green Energy Centre grid connection1,025 MW
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.
- 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.