Substation · England, United Kingdom
Tapster St Primary 11kV Substation
Tapster St Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 17.8 MVA of demand headroom and 27.9 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 | 17.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 27.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 36.4 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 | 51.6549, -0.1993 | 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: 404 power plants (150 operating, 3,775 MW), 392 grid connections (273 operating, 2,688 MW), 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soverign Data Centre - Metro Point | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Rowley Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 2.49 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Mill Hill National Grid Substation | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 4.1 km |
| Gascoyne Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Elstree Film And TV Studios, Shenley Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Land At Swanland Road | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Solar 30 MW grid connection at Barnet Grid 33kV | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Pure DC London Brent Cross | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
| LDeX 1 | Data center | — | — | 9.9 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Tapster St Primary 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.
- 1 ha brownfield site at Marie Foster, Wood Street, EN5 4BS, Barnet0.41 km · score 42
- 11 ha brownfield site at Dollis Valley Estate, Including Former Barnet Hill School, Barnet… (gb-bf-1717131)0.96 km · score 35
- 11 ha brownfield site at Dollis Valley Estate, Including Former Barnet Hill School, Barnet… (gb-bf-1744220)1.09 km · score 33
- 3.16 ha brownfield site at Phase 2, Dollis Valley Estate, Barnet1.06 km · score 32
- 3.4 ha brownfield site at Dollis Valley Drive Barnet EN5 2TY1.19 km · score 30
- 2.99 ha brownfield site at Land Adjacent To Whitings Hill Primary School, Whitings Road, Barnet1.71 km · score 22
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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.