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5 North Colonnade grid connection

5 North Colonnade grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.4 MW of capacity, connected by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where 5 North Colonnade grid connection lies
51.5059, -0.0217 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
LocationEngland (connects at Simpsons Road 11kV)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toSimpsons Road 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity4.4 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyOilUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date18 Aug 2015UK 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
Coordinates51.5059, -0.0217UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

5 North Colonnade grid connection is the 2,476th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,422nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.4 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

WithinRankTotalShare
England2,476th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,422nd of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,131st of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 587 substations, 377 power plants (136 operating, 5,280 MW), 141 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
West Ferry Circus 11kVSubstation——0.3 km
Simpsons Road 11kVSubstation——0.4 km
Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm - Solar PanelsPower plant98 MWPlanned0.6 km
Digital Realty TrustData center——0.9 km
Cable & Wireless Data CentreData center——1.0 km
Equinix LD8Data center——1.0 km
Blackwall Way 11kVSubstation——1.2 km
The O2 Arena - Wind turbinesPower plant3 MWCancelled2.2 km
Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar ArrayPower plant1 MWOperating2.2 km

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