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Hackney Grid 66kV Substation

Hackney Grid 66kV Substation is a 66 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 92.5 MVA of demand headroom and 219 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Hackney Grid 66kV lies
51.5585, -0.0407 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 operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom92.5 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom219 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity234 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
Voltage66 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5585, -0.0407UK 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: 380 power plants (135 operating, 5,268 MW), 376 grid connections (261 operating, 2,565 MW), 141 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
Thames Water Coppermills grid connectionGrid connection7.2 MWOperating2.3 km
Olympic Park Wind TurbinePower plant2.5 MWCancelled2.9 km
Tata StratfordData center——3.5 km
King's YardPower plant3 MWOperating3.6 km
Whipps Cross Hospital grid connectionGrid connection1.6 MWOperating3.7 km
Abbey Mills Pumping Station grid connectionGrid connection4 MWOperating4.2 km
colt data center, EnglandData center——4.6 km
Digital Realty London LON3Data center——4.7 km
Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar ArrayPower plant1 MWOperating4.8 km

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