Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Owls Hatch PV grid connection
Owls Hatch PV grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 39 MW of capacity, held by British Solar 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 Canterbury) | 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 | British Solar Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Owls Hatch Road (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.85 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 39 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 | 29 Mar 2015 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3480, 1.0915 | 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: Owls Hatch Road
- Permit granted: Owls Hatch Road (planning authority Canterbury, reference CA//14/01792)
- Permit applied for: Owls Hatch Road (planning authority Canterbury, reference CA//14/01792)
How it compares
Owls Hatch PV grid connection is the 981st-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,381st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 39 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 | 981st of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,381st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,655th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 209 power plants (80 operating, 6,607 MW), 116 substations, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanet Way, Herne Bay Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 0.4 km |
| Herne Bay 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Herne Bay Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Owls Hatch Road | Power plant | 48 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Whitstable 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 11 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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