Substation · England, United Kingdom
Lakeside Primary 11kV Substation
Lakeside Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 3.6 MVA of demand headroom and 21.8 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 | 3.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 18 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 | 51.4836, 0.2865 | 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: 379 power plants (142 operating, 8,183 MW), 367 grid connections (258 operating, 2,713 MW), 87 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intu Lakeside, West Thurrock Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.31 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV Arrays | Power plant | 1.05 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Stoneness Road grid connection | Grid connection | 17 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| 730 London Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Thurrock Biomass CHP Facility | Power plant | 9 MW | Cancelled | 1.8 km |
| London Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Lakeside 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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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.