Substation · England, United Kingdom
Shell Grid 33kV Substation
Shell Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 34.6 MVA of demand headroom and 3.5 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 | 34.6 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 3.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 49.2 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 | 51.5079, 0.4551 | 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: 361 power plants (145 operating, 8,489 MW), 356 grid connections (253 operating, 2,943 MW), 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharf Road grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Mucking Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 7.89 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Mucking Gas 2 Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 3.8 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Mucking Gas 3 Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Marsh Farm, Fobbing - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| (ANM) SS17 9LL The Manorway grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 4.0 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 15 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.