Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Pratts Bottom grid connection
Pratts Bottom grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, held by Boom Developments 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 Chelsfield Grid) | 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 | Boom Developments Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45 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 |
| Queue date | 16 Oct 2025 | 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 | 51.3437, 0.1027 | 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
Pratts Bottom grid connection is the 860th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,223rd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 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 | 860th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,223rd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,437th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 544 substations, 362 power plants (142 operating, 7,516 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orpington 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| South Orpington 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Chelsfield Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Biggin Hill Airport, Main Road - Solar PV Array | Power plant | 12 MW | Under construction | 5.1 km |
| Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 250 MW | Permitted | 6.6 km |
| Swanley (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 7.6 km |
| Citibank Riverdale Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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
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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- 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.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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