Substation · England, United Kingdom
Tilbury Compact Grid 33kV Substation
Tilbury Compact Grid 33kV Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 41.4 MVA of demand headroom and 109 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 | 41.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 109 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 114 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 | 51.4614, 0.3803 | 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: 355 power plants (140 operating, 8,319 MW), 344 grid connections (245 operating, 2,645 MW), 74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilbury Sewage Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant | Power plant | 150 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant | Power plant | 600 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Port Of Tilbury Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.2 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Tilbury Green Power grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Port of Tilbury Green Hydrogen | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| OVH data center, England | 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.
- 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.