Substation · England, United Kingdom

Brighouse 132/33kV Substation

Brighouse 132/33kV Substation is a 33 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 51.8 MVA of demand headroom and 131 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	51.8 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	131 MW	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	117 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Bulk supply point (BSP)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Elland	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	None (green on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	None (green on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	33 kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.6991, -1.7679	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: 531 grid connections (276 operating, 2,553 MW), 392 power plants (109 operating, 1,462 MW), 22 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Brighouse Power BESS	Grid connection	40 MW	Planned	0.3 km
Aflex Hose, Dyson Wood Way - olar Panels	Power plant	1.15 MW	Permitted	2.4 km
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	65 MW	Permitted	3.0 km
Gas 1.5 MW grid connection at Mirfield	Grid connection	1.5 MW	Operating	3.1 km
Gas 2.84 MW grid connection at Deighton	Grid connection	2.84 MW	Operating	3.1 km
Redcentric Elland Data Centre	Data center	—	—	3.6 km
Lowfields Energy Storage Project	Power plant	49.9 MW	Cancelled	3.6 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)	Data center	—	—	7.7 km
Lloyds Banking Group Copley	Data center	—	—	7.7 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
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Substations fed from here

Grid connections attached to this substation

Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Brighouse Power BESS40 MW

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Brighouse 132/33kV has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

69 ha site near Brighouse 132/33kV substation, Calderdale1.85 km · score 61

Other substations in England

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