Substation · England, United Kingdom

Oakwood Lane

Oakwood Lane is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 15.2 MVA of demand headroom and 25.2 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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom15.2 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom25.2 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity23 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromWhinmoorNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromFerrybridge BNorthern 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
Voltage11 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.8160, -1.4903Northern 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: 406 grid connections (211 operating, 2,077 MW), 376 power plants (103 operating, 3,918 MW), 11 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.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Waste 16.5 MW grid connection at Leeds Waste to EnergyGrid connection16.5 MWOperating1.8 km
Gas 4.5 MW grid connection at BurmantoftsGrid connection4.5 MWOperating2.1 km
Gas 5.7 MW grid connection at BurmantoftsGrid connection5.7 MWOperating2.1 km
Coal Road, Whinmoor - Solar PanelsPower plant1.6 MWPermitted2.9 km
Cross Green ERFPower plant11.6 MWOperating3.1 km
Premier Farnell, Unit 3 - Solar PanelsPower plant2.28 MWPermitted3.1 km
GridJetData center——6.6 km
nLighten LeedsData center——14 km
HSBC Wakefield Data CentreData center——15 km

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