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Dover Road grid connection

Dover Road grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 17 MW of capacity, held by Greentech Invest (2) Limited.

Map: where Dover Road grid connection lies
51.1530, 1.3219 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Betteshanger Grid 33kV)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
HolderGreentech Invest (2) LimitedUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toBetteshanger Grid 33kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity17 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSouth 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
Queue date10 Jun 2020UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date31 Oct 2025 (target energisation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.1530, 1.3219UK Power 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

Dover Road grid connection is the 1,510th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,156th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England1,510th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom2,156th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data5,701st of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 125 power plants (45 operating, 1,571 MW), 57 substations, 2 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Land At Guston Court FarmPower plant5 MWOperating0.8 km
North Dover Wind ParkPower plant10 MWCancelled1.3 km
Chalk Pit Solar FarmPower plant24 MWUnder construction1.3 km
Dover 11kVSubstation——2.8 km
Betteshanger Grid 33kVSubstation——8.5 km
Betteshanger Local 11kVSubstation——8.5 km
The Bunker - South East Data CentreData center——13 km
Richborough Connection ProjectTransmission line—Permitted18 km
Sota DatacentreData center——45 km

Holder, grid operator and place

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