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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Gravesend West 11kV Substation

Gravesend West 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.3 MVA of demand headroom and 17.7 MVA of generation headroom, operated by South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area).

Map: where Gravesend West 11kV lies
51.4505, 0.3209 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSouth 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 headroom9.3 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom17.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity19 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.4505, 0.3209UK 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: 353 power plants (137 operating, 8,080 MW), 352 grid connections (248 operating, 2,585 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Gas 5.33 MW grid connection at Gravesend West 11kVGrid connection5.33 MWOperating0.3 km
Manor Way Business ParkPower plant23 MWCancelled0.4 km
Tilbury DocksPower plant12 MWOperating1.6 km
Northfleet Mill, Crete Hall Road - Green Hydrogen ElectrolyserPower plant15 MWPermitted1.6 km
Northfleet WTW 324327 grid connectionGrid connection1.25 MWOperating2.2 km
Tilbury Freeport grid connectionGrid connection9 MWOperating2.3 km
CustodianDC DA2Data center——4.4 km
Fujitsu Data CentreData center——4.9 km
OVH data center, EnglandData center——12 km

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