Substation · England, United Kingdom
Buckhurst Hill 33kV Substation
Buckhurst Hill 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 45.2 MVA of demand headroom and 212 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 |
| Demand headroom | 45.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 212 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 154 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 | 51.6249, 0.0321 | 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: 417 power plants (151 operating, 5,623 MW), 409 grid connections (280 operating, 2,919 MW), 133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Essex Golf Club, Bury Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 10.7 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Edmonton 'B' CHP Plant | Power plant | 18 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| Deephams Sewerage Treatment Works | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Deephams STW grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Edmonton Eco Park grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| 33 Jeffreys Road grid connection | Grid connection | 2.5 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Ark Data Centres Meridian Park | Data center | — | — | 5.1 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 6.0 km |
| Virtus LONDON1 | Data center | — | — | 6.7 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.
- © 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.