Substation · England, United Kingdom
Peterborough North Grid 11kV Substation
Peterborough North Grid 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 23.3 MVA of demand headroom and 107 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 | 23.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 107 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 | 52.5936, -0.2668 | 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: 393 power plants (139 operating, 4,817 MW), 137 grid connections (89 operating, 1,607 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coningsby Business Park, Stirling Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Peterborough Power Station | Power plant | 245 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Dogsthorpe, Welland Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 14 MW | Permitted | 2.0 km |
| (ANM) Land At The Hurn Road grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| (ANM) Dogsthorpe Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Landfill gas 1.96 MW grid connection at Peterborough East Grid 11kV | Grid connection | 1.96 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
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- Fulbourn Grid 33kVsubstation
- Earlham Grid 33kVsubstation
- Hunstanton Primary 11kVsubstation
Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Peterborough North 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.
- 10 ha brownfield site at Car Park Hampton Court Westwood Peterborough0.34 km · score 50
- 1.9 ha brownfield site at 659 Lincoln Road Peterborough PE1 3HA0.73 km · score 42
- 1.5 ha brownfield site at Guthrie House Rightwell East Bretton Peterborough1.27 km · score 34
- 1 ha brownfield site at Guthrie House Rightwell East Bretton Peterborough1.27 km · score 34
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at 3 - 7 Oxford Road Millfield Peterborough PE1 3BL1.51 km · score 31
- 3.4 ha brownfield site at 1374 Lincoln Road Peterborough PE4 6LS2.68 km · score 23
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.