Substation · the United Kingdom
Carborundum T1 / Houghtons La T1 / Rainford T1 / Windlehurst T2 Substation
Carborundum T1 / Houghtons La T1 / Rainford T1 / Windlehurst T2 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 13.9 MVA of demand headroom and 1.78 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 | CARBORUNDUM T1 / HOUGHTONS LA T1 / RAINFORD T1 / WINDLEHURST T2 | 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 | 13.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 1.78 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 30 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 | 53.4989, -2.7861 | 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: 514 grid connections (311 operating, 3,207 MW), 414 power plants (128 operating, 4,925 MW), 17 data centers, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Moss 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Holiday Moss 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme | Power plant | 2.9 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Holiday Moss Landfill Site, Reeds Brow - Battery Storage | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Sandy Brow Lane (Spencers Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 82.8 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Carborundum T1 / Houghtons La T1 / Rainford T1 / Windlehurst T2 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.