Substation · England, United Kingdom
Barnwell Primary 11kV Substation
Barnwell Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.3 MVA of demand headroom and 18.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).
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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 7.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 18.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2130, 0.1479 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 346 power plants (148 operating, 2,803 MW), 270 grid connections (174 operating, 2,279 MW), 8 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Land On The South East Side Of Wilsons Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Low Fen, Drove Way - Solar Farm | Power plant | 50 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.14 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| St Bedes Inter-Church School | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 2.7 km |
| Milton Landfill Site | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| (ANM) Low Fen Drove Way grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Barnwell Primary 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.