Substation · England, United Kingdom
Royds Lane
Royds Lane is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 2.5 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 | 0 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 2.5 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | Wakefield North | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Skelton Grange | 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) | None (green 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 | 53.7464, -1.4753 | 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: 447 grid connections (224 operating, 2,226 MW), 399 power plants (106 operating, 3,997 MW), 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Road, Carlton - Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 1.2 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Greenfield Produce BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Stourton 33/11kV | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Gas 10 MW grid connection at Stourton 132/11kV Direct | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Headways, Unit 3 - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Skelton Grange Landfill | Power plant | 5.2 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 7.6 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Royds 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.
- 54 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds0.62 km · score 35
- 29 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds0.27 km · score 33
- 40 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds0.68 km · score 30
- 34 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds0.61 km · score 30
- 33 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds0.95 km · score 24
- 31 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds1.22 km · score 19
- 36 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds1.4 km · score 18
- 42 ha site near Royds Lane substation, Leeds1.65 km · score 16
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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.