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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Harlow West Grid 33kV Substation

Harlow West Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 46.1 MVA of demand headroom and 206 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Harlow West Grid 33kV lies
51.7639, 0.0675 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 headroom46.1 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom206 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity114 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
Voltage33 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.7639, 0.0675UK 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: 419 power plants (152 operating, 4,839 MW), 392 grid connections (267 operating, 2,812 MW), 95 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Roydon Road grid connectionGrid connection5.07 MWOperating0.6 km
Poundland Distribution Centre - Solar Photovoltaic SystemPower plant1.5 MWCancelled0.7 km
Stort Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection35 MWPlanned1.6 km
East End Solar FarmPower plant49.9 MWPermitted1.7 km
Villa Nursery grid connectionGrid connection3 MWOperating1.7 km
Rye Meads Sewerage Treatment WorksPower plant2.3 MWOperating3.5 km
Kao Data KLON-01Data center——4.3 km
Kao Data KLON-02Data center——4.3 km
NVIDIA Cambridge-1AI supercomputer202 H100eOperating4.5 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Harlow West Grid 33kV have 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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