Substation · England, United Kingdom
Rayleigh Local 33kV Substation
Rayleigh Local 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 38.4 MVA of demand headroom and 112 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 | 38.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 112 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 | 51.5875, 0.5965 | 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: 367 power plants (158 operating, 8,580 MW), 338 grid connections (232 operating, 2,915 MW), 48 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayleigh Transforming Station | Power plant | 10.8 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| (ANM) Land At Great Wheatley Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Great Wheatley Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Great Wheatley Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 30 MW | Under construction | 0.7 km |
| Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 480 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Rayleigh Site grid connection | Grid connection | 99.8 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 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.