Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Oil 6.8 MW grid connection at Barking West 11kV
Oil 6.8 MW grid connection at Barking West 11kV is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6.8 MW of capacity, connected by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).
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 Barking West 11kV) | 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 |
| Attached to | Barking West 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.8 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Oil | 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 |
| Connection date | 18 Jan 2017 | 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 | 51.4957, 0.1668 | 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
Oil 6.8 MW grid connection at Barking West 11kV is the 2,111th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,951st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.8 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 | 2,111th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,951st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,625th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 557 substations, 390 power plants (139 operating, 7,544 MW), 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Burts Wharf Resource Park | Power plant | 12.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Cory Decarbonisation Project | Power plant | — | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Riverside - Energy from Waste | Power plant | 80.5 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Erith 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Manor Way Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Sewell Rd B 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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- 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
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