Kirkby
Grid supply point in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales (SPM)
SPEN Embedded Capacity Register >1MW, September 2026 edition
Capacity by technology
| Technology | Sites | Capacity | Connected | Accepted to connect |
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| Storage | 2 | 163 MW | – | 163 MW |
| Solar | 5 | 69.3 MW | 3.3 MW | 66 MW |
| Gas and other fossil | 4 | 46.3 MW | 46.3 MW | – |
| Wind | 2 | 18 MW | 18 MW | – |
| Bioenergy and waste | 1 | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | – |
Storage capacity in MWh: not published by SPEN.
Each site is grouped by its first energy source, as the register names it.
How busy is each primary substation?
Each primary substation at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition, under the bulk supply point its register gives. Select a row to see its sites.
Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.
| Primary substation | Bulk supply point | Sites | Connected | Accepted to connect | |||||||||||||||
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| BOOTLE GT1 / LITHERLAND GT1A | 1 | 4.3 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 4.3 MW: 4.3 MW connected
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| BOOTLE GT1 / LITHERLAND GT1A | 1 | 3 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 3 MW: 3 MW connected
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| BOOTLE GT1 / LITHERLAND GT1A | 2 | 50 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
2 sites, 50 MW: 50 MW connected
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| LITHERLAND GT2 / LITHERLAND GT1C | 1 | – | 30 MW | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 30 MW: 30 MW accepted to connect
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| AINTREE GT1 / FORMBY GT2A / LITHERLAND GT1B | 1 | 3 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 3 MW: 3 MW connected
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| AINTREE GT1 / FORMBY GT2A / LITHERLAND GT1B | 1 | 1.8 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 1.8 MW: 1.8 MW connected
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| AINTREE GT1 / FORMBY GT2A / LITHERLAND GT1B | 1 | 1.3 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 1.3 MW: 1.3 MW connected
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| AINTREE GT1 / FORMBY GT2A / LITHERLAND GT1B | 1 | – | 16 MW | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 16 MW: 16 MW accepted to connect
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| GILLMOSS GT1 / KIRKBY GT2 / SIMONSWOOD GT1 | 1 | – | 20 MW | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 20 MW: 20 MW accepted to connect
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| AINTREE GT2 / FAZAKERLEY GT1 / GILLMOSS GT2 | 1 | 4 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 4 MW: 4 MW connected
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| AINTREE GT2 / FAZAKERLEY GT1 / GILLMOSS GT2 | 1 | 1.5 MW | – | ||||||||||||||||
1 site, 1.5 MW: 1.5 MW connected
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| Not stated | 2 | – | 163 MW | ||||||||||||||||
2 sites, 163 MW: 163 MW accepted to connect
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What changed recently
Changes to the sites here found in both of two consecutive monthly editions, the latest first.
August 2026 edition to September 2026 edition: 14 sites matched. Every August site and every September site at this grid supply point had a match in the other edition.
No change to the status, capacity, technology or customer of the sites here in the editions of SPEN's register QueueWatch holds.
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