Substation · England, United Kingdom
Rawcliffe Lane
Rawcliffe Lane is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.51 MVA of demand headroom and 16.7 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 | 5.51 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 16.7 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 22 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 | Osbaldwick | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Melrosegate | 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) | 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 | 53.9797, -1.1065 | 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: 340 grid connections (167 operating, 1,924 MW), 329 power plants (90 operating, 3,847 MW), 4 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.161 MW grid connection at Foss Islands | Grid connection | 1.16 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Nestle UK Ltd (Haxby Road) grid connection | Grid connection | 9.98 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Battery storage 60 MW grid connection at Wheatlands BESS | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Overton Grange, Overton Road - Solar Farm Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Harewood Whin Landfill Site | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Poppleton Solar Farm | Power plant | 32.6 MW | Permitted | 5.0 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 14 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Rawcliffe Lane have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 216 ha site near Rawcliffe Lane substation, York1.28 km · score 46
- 189 ha site near Rawcliffe Lane substation, York1.28 km · score 46
- 29 ha site near Rawcliffe Lane substation, York0.39 km · score 37
- 56 ha site near Rawcliffe Lane substation, York1.55 km · score 28
- 40 ha site near Rawcliffe Lane substation, York1.7 km · score 21
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.