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Kemsley Substation
Kemsley Substation is operational in Swale with a recorded capacity of 49.9 MW, and has been generating since 2021-10-25.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2019-05-24 |
| Permission granted | 2019-09-20 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 2021-10-25 25 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Swale’s record on battery storage
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Morrisons roof mounted solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2 | 0.6 km |
K3 CHP Facility (Kemsley EfW) EfW Incineration · Operational | 49.9 | 1.1 km |
Ridham CHP Plant Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 25 | 2.1 km |
Plot 2B EurolinkV Battery · Under Construction | 20 | 2.9 km |
Tonge Corner Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 22 | 3 km |
Orchard Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 3.1 km |
Bobbing solar farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.3 | 3.9 km |
Land off Queenborough Road Battery · Under Construction | 40 | 5 km |
How big is Kemsley Substation?
Kemsley Substation has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Kemsley Substation?
REPD records the operator as Pivot Power. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Kemsley Substation approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2019-05-24. Permission was granted on 2019-09-20, 4 months later. The site became operational on 2021-10-25, 25 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 7368.
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