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Rickinghall Primary 11kV Substation

Rickinghall Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.9 MVA of demand headroom and 13.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Rickinghall Primary 11kV lies
52.3317, 1.0022 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern 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 headroom5.9 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom13.4 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity15 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.3317, 1.0022UK 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: 264 power plants (91 operating, 2,230 MW), 185 grid connections (116 operating, 1,613 MW), 3 transmission lines and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
(ANM) The Common grid connectionGrid connection5 MWPlanned0.1 km
Suggenhall Farm - Photovoltaic Solar Array & Battery StoragePower plant7.3 MWPermitted0.3 km
Gressingham Foods, Hinderclay Road - Solar ArrayPower plant3.53 MWPermitted4.0 km
Land North Of Lion Road grid connectionGrid connection10 MWPlanned6.1 km
Potash FarmPower plant6.6 MWCancelled6.4 km
(ANM) Land North Of A143 grid connectionGrid connection48 MWPlanned6.7 km
US Air Force data center, BrandonData center——32 km
Norwich to TilburyTransmission line—Planned33 km
Bramford to TwinsteadTransmission line—Permitted37 km

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