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West Ham Grid 11kV Substation

West Ham Grid 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 73.8 MVA of demand headroom and 176 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where West Ham Grid 11kV lies
51.5192, 0.0012 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom73.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom176 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity156 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5192, 0.0012UK 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Netwise London EastData center——0.2 km
The Bidder Street developmentData center—Under construction0.3 km
Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kVGrid connection1 MWOperating0.4 km
IP House London DatacentreData center——0.4 km
Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar ArrayPower plant1 MWOperating0.5 km
Halsville Quarter grid connectionGrid connection1.2 MWOperating1.0 km
Abbey Mills Pumping Station grid connectionGrid connection4 MWOperating1.3 km
King's YardPower plant3 MWOperating1.9 km
The O2 Arena - Wind turbinesPower plant3 MWCancelled2.0 km

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