Substation · the United Kingdom

Bowater Containers T1 / Ellesmere Port Local T1 / HH Robertsons T1 / Mobil Oil (E Port) T1 / Whitby T1 Substation

Name: Bowater Containers T1 / Ellesmere Port Local T1 / HH Robertsons T1 / Mobil Oil (E Port) T1 / Whitby T1
Address: GB

Bowater Containers T1 / Ellesmere Port Local T1 / HH Robertsons T1 / Mobil Oil (E Port) T1 / Whitby T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 5.62 MVA of demand headroom and 3.8 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

53.2805, -2.8943 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.

Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	BOWATER CONTAINERS T1 / ELLESMERE PORT LOCAL T1 / HH ROBERTSONS T1 / MOBIL OIL (E PORT) T1 / WHITBY 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	5.62 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	3.8 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	25.5 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	53.2805, -2.8943	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 370 grid connections (253 operating, 2,729 MW), 334 power plants (104 operating, 4,815 MW), 16 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Dock Yard Power grid connection	Grid connection	2.5 MW	Operating	0.8 km
Innospec 1 grid connection	Grid connection	4.14 MW	Operating	1.4 km
Innospec Manufacturing Park - CHP	Power plant	4 MW	Cancelled	1.4 km
Gas 20 MW grid connection at Bromborough GT2 / Ellesmere Port GT1 / Hooton PK GT1A / Hooton PK GT2A	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	1.5 km
Oil Sites Road	Power plant	9.6 MW	Cancelled	1.8 km
Cheshire Power Station - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	45 MW	Cancelled	2.2 km
nLighten Chester	Data center	—	—	4.6 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool	Data center	—	—	8.7 km
The Babbage Centre	Data center	—	—	12 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Bowater Containers T1 / Ellesmere Port Local T1 / HH Robertsons T1 / Mobil Oil (E Port) T1 / Whitby T1 has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.18 ha brownfield site at Land at Marina Drive, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester0.59 km · score 27

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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.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.