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Substation · the United Kingdom

Dibbinsdale T1 / Plymyard T1 / WIBP Hardknott RD T1 Substation

Dibbinsdale T1 / Plymyard T1 / WIBP Hardknott RD T1 Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in the United Kingdom, with 8.74 MVA of demand headroom and 4.22 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area).

Map: where Dibbinsdale T1 / Plymyard T1 / WIBP Hardknott RD T1 lies
53.3208, -2.9916 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceDIBBINSDALE T1 / PLYMYARD T1 / WIBP HARDKNOTT RD T1SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationUnited KingdomSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom8.74 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom4.22 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity20 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.3208, -2.9916SP 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: 347 grid connections (236 operating, 2,684 MW), 335 power plants (106 operating, 5,485 MW), 10 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Nefyn Solar Farm grid connectionGrid connection8 MWOperating2.5 km
nLighten Edge Data Centre LiverpoolData center——2.8 km
Cereal Partners grid connectionGrid connection4.6 MWOperating3.0 km
Eastham Balacing Services PlantPower plant27 MWCancelled3.0 km
Lever Sunlight grid connectionGrid connection4 MWOperating3.1 km
Bromborough DockPower plant3.7 MWOperating3.2 km
Hooton ParkPower plant28 MWUnder construction4.0 km
nLighten ChesterData center——9.4 km
The Babbage CentreData center——17 km

Grid operator and place

More from SP Manweb plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Dibbinsdale T1 / Plymyard T1 / WIBP Hardknott RD 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.

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