Substation · England, United Kingdom
Stopsley 11kV Substation
Stopsley 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 22.4 MVA of demand headroom and 33.3 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 | 22.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 33.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 40 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 | 51.9014, -0.3957 | 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: 426 power plants (150 operating, 3,662 MW), 306 grid connections (198 operating, 1,984 MW), 101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilley Bottom grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| (ANM) Darley Road grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Wandon End - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Ld At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Chiltern Green Road | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| Luton And Dunstable Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| BT Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Eastern Power Networks plc
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Stopsley 11kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.25 ha brownfield site at Land at Stockingstone Road, LU2 7NF, Luton1.12 km · score 36
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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.