Substation · England, United Kingdom
Dunstable Primary 11kV Substation
Dunstable Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 4.8 MVA of demand headroom and 23.1 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 | 4.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23.9 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 | 51.8851, -0.5220 | 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: 439 power plants (161 operating, 3,823 MW), 284 grid connections (178 operating, 1,969 MW), 95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit DC1 Prologis | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Boscombe Road (Unit DC1) | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Luton And Dunstable Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Phs 2 Millfield Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Trinity Hall Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Dunstable 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.
- 1.08 ha brownfield site at Regent Street/ Manchester Place, Central Bedfordshire0.35 km · score 30
- 5.07 ha brownfield site at Dukeminster, Church Street, Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire0.61 km · score 26
- 2.05 ha brownfield site at Ashton Middle School, Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire0.58 km · score 26
- 5.04 ha brownfield site at Dukeminster Estate, Church Street, Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire0.65 km · score 25
- 1.07 ha brownfield site at Land adjacent to 192 High Street North and north west of and…, Central Bedfordshire1.01 km · score 20
- 3.19 ha brownfield site at Former Interbrew, Eastern Avenue Industrial Estate, Eastern Avenue, Central Bedfordshire1.14 km · score 18
- 3.19 ha brownfield site at Linpac GPG International, Luton Road, Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire1.27 km · score 16
- 1.19 ha brownfield site at Former Trico Site, High Street North, Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire1.39 km · score 14
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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.