Substation · England, United Kingdom
Rainham 11kV Substation
Rainham 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 27.2 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 |
| Generation headroom | 27.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 22 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 | 51.3629, 0.5784 | 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: 321 power plants (123 operating, 6,942 MW), 278 grid connections (189 operating, 2,419 MW), 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phinia, Courteney Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.82 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHP | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 4.2 km |
| Old House Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 17 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| New Kaine Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Iwade Solar Farm | Power plant | 1.7 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Medway Enterprise Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 12 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.