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Shorts Gdns 11kV Substation

Shorts Gdns 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.4 MVA of demand headroom and 22.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Shorts Gdns 11kV lies
51.5153, -0.1238 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 operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom11.4 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom22.2 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity37 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
Coordinates51.5153, -0.1238UK 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: 364 power plants (132 operating, 4,448 MW), 363 grid connections (256 operating, 2,533 MW), 147 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Gas 1.4 MW grid connection at King Henry's Walk 11kVGrid connection1.4 MWOperating0.8 km
Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Kingsway 11kVGrid connection1.6 MWOperating0.9 km
University College London grid connectionGrid connection2.92 MWOperating0.9 km
Pegasus House, Sackville Street - Roof Mounted Solar PanelsPower plant2.3 MWCancelled1.0 km
Verne Global London Data CentreData center——1.8 km
Stellanor London NorthData center——2.2 km
Verizon UK5Data center——2.6 km
SELCHPPower plant35.5 MWOperating6.3 km
SELCHP ERFPower plant35 MWOperating6.6 km

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