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Whipps Cross Hospital grid connection

Whipps Cross Hospital grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, connected by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Whipps Cross Hospital grid connection lies
51.5783, 0.0029 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 Waterloo Rd 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 toWaterloo Rd 11kV (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity1.6 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyGasUK 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 date11 Jun 2019UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage0.4 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5783, 0.0029UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Whipps Cross Hospital grid connection is the 3,157th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,377th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 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
England3,157th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom4,377th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data8,115th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 581 substations, 391 power plants (139 operating, 5,348 MW), 137 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
Exeter Rd 11kVSubstation——1.7 km
Waterloo Rd 11kVSubstation——2.0 km
Grove Lodge 11kVSubstation——2.4 km
Tata StratfordData center——4.0 km
North London (Electricity Line) ReinforcementTransmission line—Permitted4.5 km
Olympic Park Wind TurbinePower plant2.5 MWCancelled4.5 km
King's YardPower plant3 MWOperating4.7 km
North London Heat and Power (Edmonton EcoPark Replacement)Power plant70 MWUnder construction4.9 km
Ark Data Centres Meridian ParkData center——5.5 km

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