Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Port Of Sheerness Windfarm 8559 grid connection
Port Of Sheerness Windfarm 8559 grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, held by Port of Sheerness Wind Farms 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 Sheerness 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 | Port of Sheerness Wind Farms Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.65 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | 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 | 19 May 2016 | 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 | 51.4380, 0.7476 | 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: Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank)
- Permit granted: Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) (planning authority Swale, reference SW/08/0896)
- Permit applied for: Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) (planning authority Swale, reference SW/08/0896)
How it compares
Port Of Sheerness Windfarm 8559 grid connection is the 1,805th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,551st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 1,805th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,551st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,152nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 357 power plants (145 operating, 7,370 MW), 239 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheerness 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Sheerness Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) | Power plant | 8.2 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 249 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Grain | Power plant | 1,404 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Queenborough 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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