Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kV
Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kV is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, connected by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).
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 West Ham Grid 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 |
| Attached to | Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.12 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 22 Dec 2015 | 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 | 51.5214, -0.0038 | 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: Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array
- Permit granted: Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array (planning authority Newham, reference 15/02981/PREPV)
- Permit applied for: Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array (planning authority Newham, reference 15/02981/PREPV)
How it compares
Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kV is the 3,467th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,779th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 3,467th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,779th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 8,521st of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 581 substations, 384 power plants (139 operating, 6,039 MW), 141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Netwise London East | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| West Ham 66kV | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| West Ham Grid 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| The Bidder Street development | Data center | — | Under construction | 0.7 km |
| IP House London Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Glaucus St 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| King's Yard | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Olympic Park Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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