Country profile

The United Kingdom

For the United Kingdom, Rare Context holds 9,460 assets and rights in 9 classes, grid congestion status for 1,668 grid areas and substations (on request) and figures on mine production.

Assets and rights

Each class links to its page for the United Kingdom.

Grid capacity in the United Kingdom

The Northern Powergrid open data portal gives each grid area and substation a congestion status for offtake (drawing power from the grid) and for feed-in (supplying power to it). We hold that status for 1,668 substations in the United Kingdom.

NetworkHeldOfftake statusFeed-in status
High-voltage substations1,6681,6681,668

Counts of the statuses we hold; the statuses themselves are available on request.

We hold grid congestion for the United Kingdom.Offtake and feed-in status per grid area and substation: available on request.

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Mine production

2 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where the United Kingdom ranks highest first.

CommodityMine production, 2025World rankReservesWorld rank
Sand and gravel (industrial)4,700,000 t/year 0%#15 of 20——
Salt2,600,000 t/year 0%#19 of 23——

World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.

Largest owners in the United Kingdom

By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.

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