Substation · England, United Kingdom
Sandy Primary 11kV Substation
Sandy Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.7 MVA of demand headroom and 26.9 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 | 8.7 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 27 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 | 52.1270, -0.2805 | 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: 476 power plants (181 operating, 3,493 MW), 267 grid connections (174 operating, 1,813 MW), 19 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moggerhanger Road, Sandy - Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Moggerhanger Road, Sandy - Solar Farm | Power plant | 7 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Solar 21 MW grid connection at Little Barford 33kV | Grid connection | 21 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Lowfield Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 26.5 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Waterloo Solar Park, Waterloo Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 23 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Wood Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 30 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.