Substation · England, United Kingdom
Peterborough East Grid 11kV Substation
Peterborough East Grid 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 25.3 MVA of demand headroom and 98.6 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 | 25.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 98.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 76.2 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 | 52.5871, -0.2173 | 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: 383 power plants (137 operating, 4,807 MW), 142 grid connections (92 operating, 1,657 MW), 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins Engines, Fengate - Solar Farm | Power plant | 1.17 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Perkins Engines | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Unknown | 0.7 km |
| Peterborough Energy Park (Green Energy Parks - Gasification) | Power plant | 81 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Peterborough Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 48.5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Fourth Drove Eastern Industrial Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Landfill gas 1.96 MW grid connection at Peterborough East Grid 11kV | Grid connection | 1.96 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
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- Fulbourn Grid 33kVsubstation
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- Hunstanton Primary 11kVsubstation
Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Peterborough East Grid 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.
- 1.6 ha brownfield site at 83 Oxney Road Peterborough PE1 5NG0.42 km · score 49
- 2.8 ha brownfield site at Land To The Rear Of 105 Oxney Road Peterborough0.61 km · score 46
- 15 ha brownfield site at Varity House Vicarage Farm Road Fengate Peterborough0.96 km · score 44
- 41 ha brownfield site at Former John Mansfield School Remote Playing Field Poplar Avenue…, Peterborough1.74 km · score 40
- 34 ha brownfield site at Land At Guilsborough Road Eye Green Peterborough3.69 km · score 34
- 9.5 ha brownfield site at Cranmore House Thorney Road Eye Peterborough PE6 7UB3.67 km · score 27
- 1.9 ha brownfield site at 78 High Street Eye Peterborough PE6 7UY2.87 km · score 25
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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.