Substation · England, United Kingdom
Braintree Local 33kV Substation
Braintree Local 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 27.7 MVA of demand headroom and 92.1 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 | 27.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 92.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 114 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8575, 0.5199 | 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: 375 power plants (154 operating, 7,850 MW), 296 grid connections (185 operating, 2,660 MW), 17 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land To The West Of The A131 grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Slamseys Energy Storage | Power plant | 10 MW | Under construction | 0.8 km |
| Drappers Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Drapers Farm Solar Park | Power plant | 6 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| (ANM) Land At Cressing Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.8 MW | Planned | 6.4 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 28 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 29 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.