Substation · England, United Kingdom
Sandhill Lane
Sandhill Lane is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 4.65 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 4.65 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 | 8 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 | Creyke Beck | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Driffield/Beverley Group | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red 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 | 53.9179, -0.8987 | 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: 388 grid connections (193 operating, 2,484 MW), 382 power plants (101 operating, 4,072 MW), 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvington Water Treatment Works - Solar Photovoltaic Array | Power plant | 3 MW | Permitted | 2.1 km |
| Elvington Water Treatment Works | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Cancelled | 2.2 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Murton Way - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 5.2 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 200 MW grid connection at Clock and Grimeston Farm Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 34 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
12 sites of land near Sandhill 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.
- 83 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.34 km · score 53
- 71 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.54 km · score 46
- 38 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.07 km · score 43
- 68 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.83 km · score 41
- 51 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.58 km · score 40
- 47 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.54 km · score 39
- 32 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.93 km · score 29
- 58 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.57 km · score 27
- 46 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.6 km · score 23
- 36 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.85 km · score 16
- 31 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.77 km · score 16
- 29 ha site near Sandhill Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.94 km · score 13
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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.