Substation · England, United Kingdom
Cell Barnes Grid 33kV Substation
Cell Barnes Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 51.7 MVA of demand headroom and 108 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 | 51.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 108 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 108 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 | 51.7449, -0.3132 | 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: 410 power plants (146 operating, 3,048 MW), 367 grid connections (254 operating, 2,558 MW), 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BT Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Coursers Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.48 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Handley Page B grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Handley Page B grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Coursers Farm AD Plant (Waste AD) | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Bell Lane Solar Farm | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 4.9 km |
| Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm | Power plant | 16 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 4 | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 8.7 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.