Substation · England, United Kingdom
West Ham 66kV Substation
West Ham 66kV Substation is a 66 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 42.4 MVA of demand headroom and 112 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London 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 | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 42.4 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 112 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 117 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 | 66 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5192, 0.0012 | 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: 385 power plants (141 operating, 7,493 MW), 384 grid connections (265 operating, 2,588 MW), 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwise London East | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| The Bidder Street development | Data center | — | Under construction | 0.3 km |
| Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kV | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| IP House London Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Halsville Quarter grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Abbey Mills Pumping Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| King's Yard | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| The O2 Arena - Wind turbines | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near West Ham 66kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 8.56 ha brownfield site at Leven Road Gas Works, Tower Hamlets0.44 km · score 64
- 5.76 ha brownfield site at Ailsa Street, Tower Hamlets0.65 km · score 60
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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.