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Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Ridham Dock Biomass grid connection

Ridham Dock Biomass grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, held by MVV Environment Ridham Limited.

Map: where Ridham Dock Biomass grid connection lies
51.3803, 0.7613 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Ridham Grid 11kV)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
HolderMVV Environment Ridham LimitedUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toRidham CHP Plant (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.26 km away)Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity25 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyBiomassUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSouth 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 date24 Feb 2015UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.3803, 0.7613UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Latest events

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  1. Commissioned: Ridham CHP Plant
  2. Permit granted: Ridham CHP Plant (planning authority Swale, reference SW/10/0774)
  3. Permit applied for: Ridham CHP Plant (planning authority Swale, reference SW/10/0774)

How it compares

Ridham Dock Biomass grid connection is the 1,188th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,721st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England1,188th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,721st of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data5,073rd of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 335 power plants (133 operating, 7,049 MW), 227 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Kemsley Fields Business Park - Hydrogen Renewable Energy Generation PlantPower plant80 MWPlanned0.1 km
Ridham DockPower plant24.5 MWCancelled0.2 km
Ridham CHP PlantPower plant25 MWOperating0.3 km
Grovehurst Local 11kVSubstation——1.7 km
Queenborough 6.6kVSubstation——3.8 km
Sittingbourne Town 11kVSubstation——4.3 km
Sota DatacentreData center——7.8 km
CustodianDC MaidstoneData center——18 km
CXD Infrastructure SolutionsData center——19 km

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