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East Barnet Primary 11kV Substation

East Barnet Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 2.8 MVA of demand headroom and 8.7 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where East Barnet Primary 11kV lies
51.6611, -0.2110 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 headroom2.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom8.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity13 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
Coordinates51.6611, -0.2110UK 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: 406 power plants (151 operating, 3,806 MW), 387 grid connections (270 operating, 2,617 MW), 143 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Rowley Lane grid connectionGrid connection2.49 MWOperating2.8 km
Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection60 MWPlanned3.6 km
Elstree Film And TV Studios, Shenley Road - Solar PanelsPower plant3 MWOperating3.8 km
Land At Swanland RoadPower plant5 MWOperating4.0 km
Wrotham Park - Solar PanelsPower plant30 MWPlanned4.1 km
Soverign Data Centre - Metro PointData center——4.3 km
Solar 30 MW grid connection at Barnet Grid 33kVGrid connection30 MWPlanned4.5 km
Pure DC London Brent CrossData center——10 km
LDeX 1Data center——10 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near East Barnet Primary 11kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

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