Substation · England, United Kingdom
Folkestone Grid 33kV Substation
Folkestone Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 30.2 MVA of demand headroom and 25.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England 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 | 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 |
| Demand headroom | 30.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 78 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0846, 1.1496 | 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: 141 power plants (48 operating, 1,326 MW), 101 grid connections (63 operating, 1,195 MW), 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Park Industrial Estate | Power plant | 45 MW | Cancelled | 9.2 km |
| Harringe Brooks Wind Park | Power plant | 15 MW | Planned | 10.0 km |
| Forty Acre Wood, The Street - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 300 MW | Cancelled | 11 km |
| Park Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Dover Harbour Docks grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Sellindge Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 26 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.