Substation · England, United Kingdom
Broxbourne Primary 11kV Substation
Broxbourne Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2.9 MVA of demand headroom and 22.5 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 | 2.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 22.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21.6 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 | 51.7453, -0.0134 | 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: 435 power plants (156 operating, 4,976 MW), 408 grid connections (279 operating, 2,953 MW), 128 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbournebury Solar Field | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Shottentons Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10.1 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Hoddesdon Advanced Thermal grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Advanced Thermatreatment Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Rye House | Power plant | 715 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (ACT) | Power plant | 9.6 MW | Under construction | 2.7 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Google Waltham Cross | Data center | 88 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Broxbourne 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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 data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.