Substation · England, United Kingdom
Peterlee West
Peterlee West is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 18.5 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 18.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 32 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 | Hartmoor | 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) | 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 | 54.7571, -1.3717 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 291 power plants (90 operating, 844 MW), 281 grid connections (140 operating, 1,365 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edder Acres Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| B H K UK Davy Drive - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.34 MW | Under construction | 1.7 km |
| Gas 4 MW grid connection at Peterlee Industrial | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Gas 40 MW grid connection at Peterlee Industrial | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Solar 1 MW grid connection at Peterlee Industrial | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Hackworth Road, North West Industrial Estate - Solar Panels | Power plant | 15.4 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
10 sites of land near Peterlee West have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 72 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham0.35 km · score 63
- 82 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.31 km · score 52
- 46 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham0.85 km · score 48
- 63 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.25 km · score 47
- 60 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.46 km · score 43
- 27 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham0.82 km · score 43
- 45 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.33 km · score 41
- 31 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.06 km · score 40
- 37 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.33 km · score 38
- 35 ha site near Peterlee West substation, County Durham1.72 km · score 32
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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.