Substation · England, United Kingdom
Ilmer Grid 33kV Substation
Ilmer Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14.8 MVA of demand headroom and 60.9 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 | 14.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 60.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 90 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7515, -0.8826 | 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: 394 power plants (139 operating, 3,623 MW), 269 grid connections (149 operating, 1,768 MW) and 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Kingsey Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Hill Ground Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Bumpers Lane Solar Farm | Power plant | 13.3 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Green Ilmer grid connection | Grid connection | 4.2 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Bumpers Farm Phase 1 | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Bumpers Farm Phase 2 | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 8.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT data center, High Wycombe | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.