Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Rye Meads STW grid connection
Rye Meads STW grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, held by Thames Water.
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 Rye House Local Primary 11kV) | 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 | Thames Water | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Rye House Local Primary 11kV (via a primary substation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Sewage gas | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Oct 2016 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7749, 0.0171 | 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
Rye Meads STW grid connection is the 3,157th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,377th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 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 | 3,157th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,377th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 8,115th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 533 substations, 436 power plants (158 operating, 4,944 MW), 97 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Meads Sewerage Treatment Works | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Fieldes Lock EfW | Power plant | 33.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (ACT) | Power plant | 9.6 MW | Under construction | 1.2 km |
| Hoddesdon Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Rye House 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Rye House Local Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 7.9 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
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