Substation · England, United Kingdom
Elmhirst Lane 2
Elmhirst Lane 2 is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 16.2 MVA of demand headroom and 25.5 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 | 16.2 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.5 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 Section 3 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Hunshelf | 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 | 53.5471, -1.5384 | 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: 458 grid connections (240 operating, 2,317 MW), 442 power plants (135 operating, 4,103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley 1.5 | Power plant | 9 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Biomass 8.93 MW grid connection at Barugh 66/11kV | Grid connection | 8.93 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 57 MW grid connection at Echoing Hills Solar | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Naylor Drainage Ltd CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1.52 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Grimethorpe Biomass Gasification Power Plant | Power plant | 42 MW | Cancelled | 4.3 km |
| Barnsley Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.