Substation · England, United Kingdom
Exchange St Primary 11kV Substation
Exchange St Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14.1 MVA of demand headroom and 58.6 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 | 14.1 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 58.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 45.4 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 | 51.8152, -0.8072 | 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: 420 power plants (143 operating, 3,584 MW), 267 grid connections (150 operating, 1,673 MW) and 100 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smeaton Close grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| (ANM) Bishopstone grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Quarrendon Fields | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Moat Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 24.1 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Aston Clinton Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Hale Solar Farm | Power plant | 40 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 15 km |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT data center, High Wycombe | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Exchange St 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.
- 2.02 ha brownfield site at Ardenham Lane, Buckinghamshire0.78 km · score 32
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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.