Substation · England, United Kingdom
Chequers Primary 11kV Substation
Chequers Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.3 MVA of demand headroom and 21.3 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 | 9.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 26 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 | 51.5296, 0.1466 | 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: 401 grid connections (276 operating, 2,839 MW), 399 power plants (142 operating, 7,565 MW), 104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company Ltd (Extension) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Chequers Lane | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Dagenham Docks Biogas (Waste AD) | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Ph 2 Cu-Mining Dagenham grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Gallions Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Tesco Distribution Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Virtual Internet UK | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Chequers 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.
- 19 ha brownfield site at Former Ford Stamping Plant, Barking and Dagenham0.32 km · score 39
- 2.55 ha brownfield site at GSR and Gill Sites, Barking and Dagenham0.35 km · score 34
- 20 ha brownfield site at Beam Park, Barking and Dagenham0.87 km · score 31
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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.