Substation · England, United Kingdom
Old School Close 11kV Substation
Old School Close 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 70.4 MVA of demand headroom and 106 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 70.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 106 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 86.7 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 | 51.4951, 0.0073 | 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: 380 power plants (139 operating, 7,498 MW), 378 grid connections (261 operating, 2,523 MW), 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.99 MW grid connection at Old School Close 11kV | Grid connection | 1.99 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Alcatel, Telegraph House - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| The O2 Arena - Wind turbines | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Docklands Data Centre Campus | Data center | — | Under construction | 1.1 km |
| Cable & Wireless Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Digital Realty LHR20 | Data center | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Solar 1.7 MW grid connection at Farjeon Rd 11kV | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| North Woolwich Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Thameside DC | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Old School Close 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 46 ha brownfield site at ōKnight Dragon site, Edmund Halley Way Greenwichō0.39 km · score 76
- 3.53 ha brownfield site at ōPlot MO121 (land west of coal jetty), Pilot Way, Barge Walk &…, Greenwich0.46 km · score 63
- 3.6 ha brownfield site at Enderby Wharf (former Alcatel Site), Christchurch Way, Greenwich0.55 km · score 62
- 3.03 ha brownfield site at ōEnderby Place (northern part of Enderby Wharf), Banning St &…, Greenwich0.58 km · score 61
- 8.01 ha brownfield site at ōGreenwich Millennium Village, Peartree Way & West Parkside Greenwichō0.7 km · score 60
- 1.63 ha brownfield site at ōPlots N0205, N0206 & N0207, Peninsula Square, Greenwich0.68 km · score 60
- 2.84 ha brownfield site at ōLovells, Granite, Badcocks & Pipers Wharves (River Gardens), Greenwich0.8 km · score 58
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at ōFormer Greenwich District Hospital site, Vanbrugh Hill Greenwichō1.09 km · score 54
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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.