Substation · England, United Kingdom
Purfleet Grid 33kV Substation
Purfleet Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 23.5 MVA of demand headroom and 104 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 | 23.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 104 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 | 51.4777, 0.2578 | 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: 378 power plants (140 operating, 8,130 MW), 375 grid connections (261 operating, 2,671 MW), 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 730 London Road grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| London Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Pura Foods Unilever Bestfoods grid connection | Grid connection | 5.2 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV Arrays | Power plant | 1.05 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Longreach STW - extension | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Littlebrook Battery Storage | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Purfleet 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.
- 57 ha brownfield site at Purfleet Centre, Thurrock0.9 km · score 56
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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.