Substation · the United Kingdom
Bromborough GT2 / Ellesmere Port GT1 / Hooton PK GT1A / Hooton PK GT2A Substation
Bromborough GT2 / Ellesmere Port GT1 / Hooton PK GT1A / Hooton PK GT2A Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 11.7 MVA of demand headroom and 59.2 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 | BROMBOROUGH GT2 / ELLESMERE PORT GT1 / HOOTON PK GT1A / HOOTON PK GT2A | 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 | 11.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 59.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 88.1 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3342, -2.9642 | 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: 371 grid connections (250 operating, 2,744 MW), 345 power plants (114 operating, 5,511 MW), 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Cereal Partners grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Bromborough Dock | Power plant | 3.7 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Mersey Wharf grid connection | Grid connection | 16.8 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Eastham Balacing Services Plant | Power plant | 27 MW | Cancelled | 2.2 km |
| Lever Sunlight grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Bromborough GT2 / Ellesmere Port GT1 / Hooton PK GT1A / Hooton PK GT2A has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.