Substation · England, United Kingdom
Ripon
Ripon is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 1.16 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 | 1.16 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 | 19 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 | Knaresborough | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Wormald Green 132/33kV | 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 | 54.1331, -1.5213 | 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: 225 grid connections (113 operating, 1,078 MW), 189 power plants (50 operating, 742 MW), 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Oaks, Station Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 50 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 75.5 MW grid connection at Leyton Hybrid | Grid connection | 75.5 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Barugh Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Solar 24 MW grid connection at Fawcett PV | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 5.9 km |
| Wormald Green - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 33 MW | Operating | 6.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 16 MW grid connection at Wormald Green 132/11kV Direct | Grid connection | 16 MW | Planned | 6.5 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
14 sites of land near Ripon have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 702 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.01 km · score 46
- 318 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.98 km · score 31
- 87 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.69 km · score 30
- 33 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 63379642)0.87 km · score 27
- 42 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.24 km · score 24
- 33 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 26593782)1.06 km · score 24
- 39 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.39 km · score 20
- 37 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.68 km · score 16
- 28 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 54723306)1.49 km · score 16
- 31 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.57 km · score 15
- 28 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 54782135)1.72 km · score 12
- 36 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.93 km · score 11
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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.