Substation · England, United Kingdom
Dartford Grid B 11kV Substation
Dartford Grid B 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14.5 MVA of demand headroom and 57.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated 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 | 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 |
| Demand headroom | 14.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 57.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 58.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | 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 | 51.4502, 0.2126 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 370 grid connections (257 operating, 2,616 MW), 363 power plants (132 operating, 7,484 MW), 101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1.1 MW grid connection at Dartford Grid B 11kV | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Longreach STW - extension | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Permitted | 2.5 km |
| Biogas Stone Sub Fedeer B grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Cotton Lane Generation S/S Phs 1, Biogas Plant 324183 grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Neatscourt | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Dartford Grid B 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.76 ha brownfield site at Station Approach, Dartford DA1 1BP0.55 km · score 36
- 1.08 ha brownfield site at Former Co-Op 20-54 Hythe Street and Westgate Car Park, Kent Road…, Dartford0.55 km · score 36
- 1.86 ha brownfield site at Orchards Shopping Centre, Dartford0.7 km · score 34
- 2.98 ha brownfield site at The Priory Shopping Centre, Dartford DA1 2HR0.75 km · score 33
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.