Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Old Rides grid connection
Old Rides grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, held by Old Rides Solar Ltd.
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 Sittingbourne Grid 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 | Old Rides Solar Ltd | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Old Rides solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+company, 0.32 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | 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 | 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 | 18 Jan 2014 | 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 | 51.3940, 0.8686 | 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: Old Rides solar Farm
- Permit granted: Old Rides solar Farm (planning authority Swale, reference SW/12/1448)
- Permit applied for: Old Rides solar Farm (planning authority Swale, reference SW/12/1448)
How it compares
Old Rides grid connection is the 2,165th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,023rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 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 | 2,165th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,023rd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,701st of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 311 power plants (121 operating, 7,025 MW), 194 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Rides Wind Farm | Power plant | 8.8 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Old Rides solar Farm | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| New Rides Farm - Photovoltaic Panels | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Eastchurch Prison 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Leysdown 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Minster 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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