Substation · England, United Kingdom

Portwood Substation

Portwood Substation is a substation in England, United Kingdom.

We hold more on this substation.Demand headroom, generation headroom, grid operator, location, level, fed from and voltage: available on request.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	PORTWOOD	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.4131, -2.1516	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 385 grid connections (210 operating, 1,956 MW), 381 power plants (108 operating, 2,881 MW), 22 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Dalston Road grid connection	Grid connection	1.06 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System	Power plant	20 MW	Operating	1.3 km
Welkin Mill, Welkin Road - Battery Storage	Power plant	49.9 MW	Under construction	1.3 km
Welkin Road grid connection	Grid connection	21.1 MW	Planned	1.3 km
Welkin Mill grid connection	Grid connection	35 MW	Operating	1.4 km
Bredbury Substation - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	49.9 MW	Under construction	1.4 km
CDL Strata Campus Data Centre	Data center	—	—	1.9 km
Data center, England (OSM way 703959498)	Data center	—	—	6.4 km
Equinix MA4	Data center	—	—	7.8 km

Place

Grid connections attached to this substation

Dalston Road grid connection1.06 MW

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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.
SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.