Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Aylesford Bess grid connection
Aylesford Bess grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30.3 MW of capacity, held by BESS Aylesford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Burham 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | BESS Aylesford Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Aylesford BESS (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.16 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30.3 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 26 Jan 2018 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3148, 0.4619 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Aylesford BESS
- Permit granted: Aylesford BESS (planning authority Tonbridge and Malling, reference 17/02496/FL)
- Permit applied for: Aylesford BESS (planning authority Tonbridge and Malling, reference 17/02496/FL)
How it compares
Aylesford Bess grid connection is the 1,077th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,535th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,077th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,535th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,853rd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 383 substations, 342 power plants (131 operating, 7,095 MW), 57 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesford 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Burham Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Aylesford BESS | Power plant | 29 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Townsend Hook 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Biossence Solar Park | Power plant | 4.5 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Allington EFW | Power plant | 51 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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