Substation · England, United Kingdom

Barugh 66/11kV

Barugh 66/11kV is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.3 MVA of demand headroom and 14.5 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.

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
Location	England	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	11.3 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	14.5 MW	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	30 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Primary substation	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Barugh 132/66kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	West Melton Section 3	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	Full (red on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	Full (red on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	11 kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.5729, -1.5186	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 464 grid connections (241 operating, 2,297 MW), 444 power plants (131 operating, 4,039 MW), 17 data centers 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
Biomass 8.93 MW grid connection at Barugh 66/11kV	Grid connection	8.93 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Barnsley 1.5	Power plant	9 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Grimethorpe Biomass Gasification Power Plant	Power plant	42 MW	Cancelled	3.6 km
Solar 29.93 MW grid connection at Woolley Solar Park	Grid connection	29.9 MW	Planned	4.3 km
Solar 1 MW grid connection at Woolley	Grid connection	1 MW	Operating	4.8 km
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar Farm	Power plant	29.7 MW	Permitted	4.9 km
HSBC Data Centre	Data center	—	—	9.5 km
nLighten Leeds	Data center	—	—	16 km
HSBC Wakefield Data Centre	Data center	—	—	17 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
Substations in the United Kingdom2,119
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Grid connections attached to this substation

Biomass 8.93 MW grid connection at Barugh 66/11kV8.93 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Barugh 66/11kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

27 ha site near Barugh 66/11kV substation, Barnsley0.21 km · score 45

Other substations in England

All 1666 substations in England, United Kingdom

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.
Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.