Substation · England, United Kingdom
Central Potters Bar Primary 11kV Substation
Central Potters Bar Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 10 MVA of demand headroom and 16.4 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 | 10 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 16.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19.5 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 | 51.6978, -0.1778 | 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: 428 power plants (163 operating, 4,068 MW), 406 grid connections (280 operating, 2,859 MW), 134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Coopers Lane Road grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Land At Swanland Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Wrotham Park - Solar Panels | Power plant | 30 MW | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Soverign Data Centre - Metro Point | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Google Waltham Cross | Data center | 88 MW | Operating | 8.9 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 8.9 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Central Potters Bar 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.
- 1.4 ha brownfield site at South Block Parkside, High Street, Street Potters Bar, Hertsmere0.23 km · score 37
- 1.43 ha brownfield site at Canada Life, Potters Bar EN6 5BA, Hertsmere0.54 km · score 32
- 2.48 ha brownfield site at Sunnybank / Park referral unit, Field View Road, Potters Bar, Hertsmere1.27 km · score 21
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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 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.