Substation · England, United Kingdom
Piccotts End Grid 33kV Substation
Piccotts End Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 37.4 MVA of demand headroom and 103 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 | 37.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 103 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 114 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 | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7735, -0.4823 | 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: 400 power plants (145 operating, 2,905 MW), 338 grid connections (225 operating, 2,071 MW), 141 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman Way grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Gyron Maylands Datacentre grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Finway Road grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 3 | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| G Park Maxted Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.25 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Little Heath Lane - Solar PV Array | Power plant | 25 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 4 | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Amazon Boundary Way | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 4.2 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.