Substation · England, United Kingdom
Bow 11kV
Bow 11kV is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 112 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 112 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 45.7 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 | 51.5328, -0.0122 | 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: 384 power plants (138 operating, 6,034 MW), 382 grid connections (263 operating, 2,581 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Park Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.7 km |
| King's Yard | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Abbey Mills Pumping Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kV | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Tata Stratford | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Netwise London East | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| The Bidder Street development | Data center | — | Under construction | 2.1 km |
| Halsville Quarter grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Bow 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.