Substation · England, United Kingdom
Braintree Depot Primary 11kV Substation
Braintree Depot Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 12.5 MVA of demand headroom and 21.3 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 | 12.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 39 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 | 51.8648, 0.5763 | 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: 344 power plants (142 operating, 7,800 MW), 268 grid connections (165 operating, 2,438 MW), 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage | Power plant | 57 MW | Under construction | 1.3 km |
| Cressing East - Solar Farm | Power plant | 24.9 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| (ANM) Links Rd grid connection | Grid connection | 26 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Church Road grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| (ANM) Land At Cressing Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.8 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 32 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.