Substation · England, United Kingdom
Dearne Road
Dearne Road is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 14 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 14 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | West Melton | 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 | 53.5113, -1.3301 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 500 power plants (143 operating, 4,240 MW), 392 grid connections (209 operating, 2,280 MW), 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 3 MW grid connection at Dearne Road | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| Meadows Road, Manvers - Solar Array | Power plant | 2.14 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Gas 8 MW grid connection at Wath Upon Dearne | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Gas 3 MW grid connection at Wath Upon Dearne | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 1.13 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 1.11 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Dearne Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 46 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Rotherham0.01 km · score 56
- 82 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Barnsley0.8 km · score 55
- 43 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Rotherham0.05 km · score 55
- 27 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Rotherham0.17 km · score 48
- 52 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Barnsley0.88 km · score 45
- 31 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Barnsley0.54 km · score 44
- 46 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Doncaster1.46 km · score 34
- 34 ha site near Dearne Road substation, Barnsley1.63 km · score 28
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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.
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