Substation · the United Kingdom
Abergele T1 / Pensarn T1 Substation
Abergele T1 / Pensarn T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 0.65 MVA of demand headroom and 3.29 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | ABERGELE T1 / PENSARN T1 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | United Kingdom | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 0.65 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 3.29 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2931, -3.5817 | SP Energy 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: 136 power plants (52 operating, 7,445 MW), 132 grid connections (106 operating, 1,288 MW), 2 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhyl Flats grid connection | Grid connection | 92 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Llandulas Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 2.9 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Kinmel Estate Solar Farm Ph 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 28 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Kinmel 1 CIC | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Neud Trydan grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Bodelwyddan, Abergele Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 110 MW | Planned | 5.4 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Grid operator and place
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- Aberystwyth T1 / North RD T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T2 / U C Wales T1substation
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- Aberystwyth T1 / North RD T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T1 / Parc-Y-Llyn T2 / U C Wales T1substation
Other substations in the United Kingdom
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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.