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Waste 5.9 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN)

Waste 5.9 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN) is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 5.9 MW of capacity, connected by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Waste 5.9 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN) lies
51.5078, 0.1387 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 Barking West 33kV (LPN))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
Capacity5.9 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWasteUK 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 date10 Sept 2000UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5078, 0.1387UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Waste 5.9 MW grid connection at Barking West 33kV (LPN) is the 2,223rd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 3,091st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.9 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
England2,223rd of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,091st of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data6,772nd of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 561 substations, 388 power plants (137 operating, 7,522 MW), 106 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
Crossness Sewage Works PVPower plant1.5 MWOperating0.2 km
Crossness Sewage WorksPower plant5.7 MWOperating0.7 km
Crossness Sewage Works TurbinePower plant2.5 MWOperating0.7 km
Sewell Rd B 11kVSubstation——2.1 km
Barking West 11kVSubstation——2.4 km
Chequers Primary 11kVSubstation——2.5 km
OVH data center, EnglandData center——2.7 km
NTT London 1Data center——5.1 km
Six Degrees Data CentreData center——7.6 km

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