Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
London Royal Docks grid connection
London Royal Docks grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, held by Thames Marine Service 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 Silvertown B 11kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Thames Marine Service Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Silvertown B 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 11 Aug 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5068, 0.0691 | UK 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
London Royal Docks grid connection is the 3,192nd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,423rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 3,192nd of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,423rd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 8,161st of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 576 substations, 394 power plants (146 operating, 7,582 MW), 139 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvertown B 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Beckton Gas Pressure Reduction Station | Power plant | 19 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Beckton STW Biodiesel Power Plant | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Beckton Sewage Treatment Works | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Barking West 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Nelson St 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Six Degrees Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Virtual Internet UK | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Docklands Data Centre Campus | Data center | — | Under construction | 3.6 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
- Thames Marine Service LimitedHolder
- London Power Networks plcGrid operator
- Grid connections in England, United Kingdom4,837
- Grid connections in the United Kingdom6,880
- Battery storage grid connections in the UK1,141
- Solar grid connections in the UK1,755
- The United Kingdom: country profile
- Largest grid connections
Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
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