Substation · England, United Kingdom
Eggborough
Eggborough is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0.68 MVA of demand headroom and 9.38 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 | 0.68 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 9.38 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 8 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 | Ferrybridge A | 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 | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7050, -1.1228 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 467 power plants (121 operating, 4,326 MW), 459 grid connections (234 operating, 2,667 MW), 9 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 240 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Springfield Farm, Hensall - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 240 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Eggborough Biomass Power Station | Power plant | 10.6 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Saint Gobain Glass UK Limited (Non-Exporting) grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
10 sites of land near Eggborough have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 87 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire0.05 km · score 55
- 44 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire0.63 km · score 33
- 28 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire0.39 km · score 32
- 36 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 62719117)0.82 km · score 28
- 36 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 29632519)0.82 km · score 28
- 41 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire1.3 km · score 22
- 36 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 29643497)1.44 km · score 18
- 46 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire1.92 km · score 14
- 30 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire1.74 km · score 12
- 27 ha site near Eggborough substation, North Yorkshire1.97 km · score 8
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.