Power plant · Medway, England, United Kingdom
Grain (OCGT) Power Station
Grain (OCGT) Power Station is a power plant in Medway, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, owned by Uniper.
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 | Medway (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2011 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Uniper (company that returns the DUKES survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Diesel/gas oil (open cycle) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4434, 0.7110 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
How it compares
Grain (OCGT) is the 128th-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 223rd-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 105,383 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 128th of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 223rd of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,123rd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 284 grid connections (190 operating, 2,841 MW), 243 substations, 20 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grain 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Isle Of Grain grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Port Of Sheerness Windfarm 8559 grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Sheerness 6.6kV | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Brielle Way Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Sheerness Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
Owner and place
More from Uniper
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Grain1,404 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Connah’s Quay Low Carbon Power Project1,380 MW · planned
- Killingholme619 MW
- Cottam Development Centre445 MW
- Enfield408 MW
- Taylors Lane144 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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