Source · GB
SSEN Distribution data portal
Headroom dashboard (GSP, BSP and primary substations: location, voltage, transformer ratings, demand headroom in MVA, generation headroom in MW, RAG, reinforcement works) and the embedded capacity register (generation and storage, connected and accepted to connect) (GB). Rare Context republishes 21,247 facts from SSEN Distribution data portal under CC BY 4.0, linked to owners and places.
About this source
| Publisher's page | https://data.ssen.co.uk |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Credit | SSEN Distribution |
| Licence terms | CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), stated as the licence on both datasets' CKAN records (generation-availability-and-network-capacity, embedded_capacity_register) and dataset pages. Credit "SSEN Distribution" (Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks) with a link to the licence and note that the data was changed. |
| Coverage | GB |
| Access | CKAN API (data-api.ssen.co.uk) and CSV downloads; headroom refreshed a few times a year, register monthly |
| Refresh | Monthly |
Download
Public claims as JSON Lines, one record per line. Listed claims carry no value. Every source's public claims together, as CSV, are in the open data download.
| File | Records | Updated | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| capacity_heatmap.jsonl | 11,244 | 24 Oct 2026 | 24 Oct 2026 |
| ecr.jsonl | 12,833 | 24 Oct 2026 | 24 Oct 2026 |
Pages built from this source
- Grid connections1,288
- Substations998
Grid connections
- Weston Lane (G) grid connection450 MW
- 200MW BESS grid connection200 MW
- 200MW BESS grid connection200 MW
- Ready - 200MW Battery grid connection200 MW
- 60MW PV/Wind/BESS grid connection180 MW
- Wester Covesea Solar, Wind and Storage grid connection180 MW
- Sloy Power Station grid connection160 MW
- Witney Bypass - 150MW BESS grid connection160 MW
Substations
Data on this page
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.