Substation · England, United Kingdom
Coryton Grid 33kV Substation
Coryton Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 38.1 MVA of demand headroom and 1.1 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 | 38.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 1.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 49.2 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 | 51.5179, 0.5045 | 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: 360 power plants (149 operating, 8,385 MW), 349 grid connections (249 operating, 2,809 MW), 55 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coryton Energy Company Ltd | Power plant | 800 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| (ANM) SS17 9LL The Manorway grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Gateway Energy Centre - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 450 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Pitsea Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 21 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Kings Road grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.