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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Dock Rd Primary 11kV Substation

Dock Rd Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.8 MVA of demand headroom and 18.7 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Dock Rd Primary 11kV lies
51.9539, 1.3266 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 headroom9.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom18.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity22.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.9539, 1.3266UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 146 power plants (58 operating, 3,513 MW), 98 grid connections (59 operating, 978 MW) and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Dock Road grid connectionGrid connection4.01 MWOperating0.1 km
Felixstowe Mega Distibution Centre - Photovoltaic ArraysPower plant2.49 MWCancelled1.9 km
Five Estuaries - Wind FarmPower plant1,080 MWCancelled2.3 km
Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington - Solar ArrayPower plant1.2 MWPermitted6.0 km
Stratton Hall grid connectionGrid connection10.9 MWOperating6.8 km
Cliff Quay, Ipswich grid connectionGrid connection40 MWOperating8.7 km
LionLink InterconnectorTransmission line—Planned31 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted33 km
Sea LinkTransmission line—Planned35 km

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