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Gunfleet Sands Offshore Transmission grid connection

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Transmission grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 173 MW of capacity, held by National Grid Electricity Transmission.

Map: where Gunfleet Sands Offshore Transmission grid connection lies
51.8259, 1.1794 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 Bramford)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
HolderNational Grid Electricity TransmissionUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity173 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWindUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date18 Aug 2009UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.8259, 1.1794UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Transmission grid connection is the 268th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 353rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 173 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
England268th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom353rd of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data2,240th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 157 power plants (59 operating, 1,704 MW), 101 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Clacton 11kVSubstation——0.0 km
Clacton Grid 33kVSubstation——0.0 km
Holland RoadPower plant12 MWCancelled1.3 km
Sladburys FarmPower plant12 MWCancelled1.3 km
Valleybridge Rd Primary 11kVSubstation——2.7 km
Thorpe Park Solar Farm, Thorpe Le Soken - Solar FarmPower plant40 MWCancelled2.9 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted30 km
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned41 km
CityFibre CabinetsData center——47 km

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