Substation · England, United Kingdom
Danbury Primary 11kV Substation
Danbury Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 10.5 MVA of demand headroom and 20.1 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 | 10.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 18.5 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 | 51.7205, 0.5404 | 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: 374 power plants (159 operating, 8,631 MW), 327 grid connections (219 operating, 2,785 MW), 49 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cleres Hall Pit Solar Array | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Danbury Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Cards Road grid connection | Grid connection | 8.55 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| (ANM) Chelmsford grid connection | Grid connection | 41.8 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Hill Farm Solar Park & Battery Storage (Hanningfield Green) | Power plant | 36.7 MW | Cancelled | 4.9 km |
| Jackletts Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 5.6 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 29 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Danbury 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.
- 1.51 ha brownfield site at Chamberlains Farm Sporhams Lane Sandon, Chelmsford1.61 km · score 16
- 12 ha brownfield site at Outbuildings at the Barn White Elm Road Bicknacre Chelmsford4.79 km · score 13
- 2.89 ha brownfield site at St Giles Moor Hall Lane, Chelmsford3.66 km · score 11
- 1.8 ha brownfield site at St Josephs Nursing Home Gay Bowers Road Danbury Chelmsford3.72 km · score 11
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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 supercomputers, 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.