Substation · England, United Kingdom
Polegate Grid 33kV Substation
Polegate Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 19.1 MVA of demand headroom and 48.8 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 | 19.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 48.8 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8175, 0.2789 | 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: 105 power plants (37 operating, 1,139 MW), 84 grid connections (47 operating, 917 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepham Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Shepham Lane | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Land At Priesthawes Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Suncoast Battery Storage | Power plant | 5 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Suncoast Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Shearwater Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 17 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.