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Booker Cash & Carry grid connection

Booker Cash & Carry grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5.5 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Booker Cash & Carry grid connection lies
51.7727, -0.2493 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 Tunnel Primary 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 toTunnel Primary 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity5.5 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 operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date9 Nov 2011UK 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
Coordinates51.7727, -0.2493UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Booker Cash & Carry grid connection is the 2,247th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,122nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.5 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
England2,247th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,122nd of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data6,812th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 532 substations, 424 power plants (162 operating, 4,018 MW), 136 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
Computacenter WarehousePower plant2 MWUnder construction0.5 km
Gypsy Moth Avenue - Solar ArrayPower plant1.2 MWCancelled0.5 km
Tunnel Primary 11kVSubstation——1.2 km
Chantry Ln Primary 11kVSubstation——2.4 km
Stanborough, Hatfield - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant1.5 MWPermitted2.4 km
Central Welwyn Primary 11kVSubstation——3.3 km
BT Computer CentreData center——4.9 km
Colt London North Data CentreData center——5.4 km
Hertfordshire Data CentreData center——5.8 km

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