Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Southfleet Hook Green grid connection
Southfleet Hook Green grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, held by EcoDev (South) 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 Littlebrook 132kV (SPN)) | 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 | EcoDev (South) Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet - Battery Storage (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.86 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 | 8 Oct 2021 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2027 (target energisation) | 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 | 51.4243, 0.3105 | 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.
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.
- Permit refused: Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet - Battery Storage (planning authority Dartford, reference 24/00166/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet - Battery Storage (planning authority Dartford, reference 24/00166/FUL)
How it compares
Southfleet Hook Green grid connection is the 229th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 312th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 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 | 229th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 312th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 1,138th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 490 substations, 335 power plants (131 operating, 8,055 MW), 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Barn Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 35 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Dartford BESS - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 300 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet - Battery Storage | Power plant | 300 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Northfleet East 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Ebbsfleet 11KV | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Longfield 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- 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.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.