Substation · England, United Kingdom
Stowmarket Grid 11kV Substation
Stowmarket Grid 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.3 MVA of demand headroom and 14.5 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 | 9.3 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 14.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 38 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 | 52.1715, 1.0203 | 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: 246 power plants (86 operating, 2,355 MW), 172 grid connections (103 operating, 1,532 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Land At Ernest Nunn Road grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Climax Molybdenum UK Limited, Needham Road - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Permitted | 1.2 km |
| Mid Suffolk Home Solar Scheme | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| (ANM) Land North Of Jack'S Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 20.2 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Blacksmiths Lane, Middlewood Green - Solar Farm | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 5.3 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 21 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Stowmarket Grid 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 14 ha brownfield site at Needham Chalks Ltd, Ipswich Rd, Needham Market, Mid Suffolk3.84 km · score 12
- 1.67 ha brownfield site at J Breheny Contractors Ltd Flordon Road, Creeting St Mary, Mid Suffolk3.19 km · score 9
- 1.64 ha brownfield site at Truckeast Limited, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk3.16 km · score 9
- 1.31 ha brownfield site at MidSuffolkCouncilCarPark, HurstleaRoad, IP68DL, Mid Suffolk2.52 km · score 9
- 1.31 ha brownfield site at MidSuffolkDistrictCouncilOffices, 131HighStreet, NeedhamMarket, Mid Suffolk2.61 km · score 9
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at Former Mid Suffolk District Council Offices and Car Park, Needham…2.6 km · score 9
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at Former Needham Market Middle School, Needham Market, Mid Suffolk2.99 km · score 9
- 1.26 ha brownfield site at NeedhamMarketMiddleSchool, SchoolStreet, IP68BB, Mid Suffolk2.98 km · score 9
- 1.15 ha brownfield site at Former Stowmarket Middle School, Stowmarket, Mid Suffolk2.91 km · score 9
- 1 ha brownfield site at StowmarketMiddleSchool, WalnutTreeWalk, IP141JP, Mid Suffolk2.9 km · score 9
- 1 ha brownfield site at Land west of Jacks Green Road, Creeting St Mary, Mid Suffolk2.43 km · score 9
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.