Substation · England, United Kingdom
Penistone
Penistone is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 13.5 MVA of demand headroom and 20.2 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.
| 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 | 13.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.2 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 | 53.5217, -1.6166 | 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: 490 grid connections (261 operating, 2,486 MW), 453 power plants (139 operating, 4,039 MW), 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tofts Lane | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 2.4 km |
| Battery storage 25 MW grid connection at Tofts Lane BESS | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Tofts Lane, Hunshelf - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Royd Moor | Power plant | 5.9 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Wind 6.284 MW grid connection at Hazlehead | Grid connection | 6.28 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 57 MW grid connection at Echoing Hills Solar | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Penistone have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 92 ha site near Penistone substation, Barnsley1.41 km · score 48
- 34 ha site near Penistone substation, Barnsley0.65 km · score 43
- 61 ha site near Penistone substation, Barnsley1.63 km · score 36
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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.