Substation · England, United Kingdom

Moorside Road

Moorside Road is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 26.7 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 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	26.7 MW	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	23 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	Bradford West	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Bradford	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	Limited (amber on the heat map)	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	Limited (amber 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	53.8142, -1.7221	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: 431 grid connections (215 operating, 2,125 MW), 362 power plants (99 operating, 3,733 MW), 9 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
Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	80 MW	Permitted	2.4 km
Gas 1.521 MW grid connection at Mount Street	Grid connection	1.52 MW	Operating	2.5 km
Battery storage 80 MW grid connection at Midland Road BESS Direct	Grid connection	80 MW	Planned	2.5 km
Generation 1.2 MW grid connection at Mount Street	Grid connection	1.2 MW	Operating	3.2 km
Esholt WWTW	Power plant	3 MW	Operating	3.8 km
Bradford Energy Recovery Facility	Power plant	12.9 MW	Cancelled	3.8 km
GridJet	Data center	—	—	10 km
Redcentric Elland Data Centre	Data center	—	—	15 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)	Data center	—	—	16 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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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Moorside Road has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

35 ha site near Moorside Road substation, Leeds1.2 km · score 21

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.