Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Shoreham Power Station grid connection
Shoreham Power Station grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 460 MW of capacity, held by VPI Power 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 Bolney) | 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 | VPI Power Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 460 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | 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 | 5 Jun 2004 | 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 | 50.8277, -0.2114 | 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
Shoreham Power Station grid connection is the 218th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 301st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 460 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 | 218th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 301st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 730th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 128 power plants (58 operating, 1,124 MW), 123 substations and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ParkerSteel Shoreham Plant | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Shoreham Renewable Energy Generation project | Power plant | 32 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Portslade 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Fishersgate Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Shoreham | Power plant | 420 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Southwick 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from VPI Power Limited
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- 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
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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 National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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