Substation · England, United Kingdom
Burwell Primary 11kV Substation
Burwell Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.2 MVA of demand 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 | 5.2 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 13 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 | 52.2770, 0.3181 | 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: 317 power plants (134 operating, 2,480 MW), 257 grid connections (159 operating, 2,293 MW), 6 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weirs Drove, Burwell - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 30 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Burwell - Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| (ANM) Weirs Drove 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Reach Road | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| (ANM) 68-70 Reach Road grid connection | Grid connection | 99.8 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Goosehall Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Burwell 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.
- 4.7 ha brownfield site at Stanford Park Weirs Drove Burwell Cambridge CB25 0BP, East Cambridgeshire0.48 km · score 28
- 3.06 ha brownfield site at Former D S Smith Site Reach Road Burwell Burwell CB25 0AH, East Cambridgeshire1.22 km · score 17
- 3.05 ha brownfield site at Former D S Smith Site Reach Road Burwell Burwell CB25 0AH, East Cambridgeshire1.22 km · score 17
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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.