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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Melbourn Grid 33kV Substation

Melbourn Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 32.7 MVA of demand headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Melbourn Grid 33kV lies
52.0749, -0.0040 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 headroom32.7 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity60.5 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
Coordinates52.0749, -0.0040UK 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: 388 power plants (153 operating, 3,662 MW), 287 grid connections (187 operating, 2,027 MW), 16 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
(ANM) Fallow Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection70 MWPlanned0.6 km
Bury Lane Farm grid connectionGrid connection25 MWOperating0.7 km
(ANM) London Way grid connectionGrid connection25 MWPlanned0.9 km
Bury Lane Fruit FarmPower plant24 MWOperating0.9 km
River Mel Solar Farm & Battery Storage SystemPower plant25 MWPlanned1.1 km
River Mel Solar Farm & Battery Storage SystemPower plant25 MWPlanned1.1 km
West Cambridge Data CentreData center——16 km
Starwood HouseData center——17 km
Redcentric CambridgeData center——20 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Melbourn Grid 33kV 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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