Substation · the United Kingdom
Chester Main GT4 / Crane Bank GT1 / Guilden Sutton GT1 / Saltney G2A Substation
Chester Main GT4 / Crane Bank GT1 / Guilden Sutton GT1 / Saltney G2A Substation is a 132 kV bulk supply point in the United Kingdom, with 31.7 MVA of demand headroom and 95.2 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 | CHESTER MAIN GT4 / CRANE BANK GT1 / GUILDEN SUTTON GT1 / SALTNEY G2A | 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 | 31.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 95.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 129 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 | 53.2155, -2.9118 | 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: 338 grid connections (238 operating, 2,672 MW), 325 power plants (100 operating, 4,829 MW), 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Chseshire Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| City Road - Solar panel | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Hill Farm 240MVA grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Wood Farm Solar Park (linked site) | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Wervin Road, Wervin - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 3.51 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Bellevue Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Chester Main GT4 / Crane Bank GT1 / Guilden Sutton GT1 / Saltney G2A 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.