Substation · England, United Kingdom
Santon
Santon is a substation in England, United Kingdom, 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 | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 117 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bsp | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Keadby | 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 | 33 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5961, -0.5948 | 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: 491 power plants (124 operating, 4,380 MW), 420 grid connections (180 operating, 2,586 MW), 2 transmission lines, 1 data center and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Crow Solar Park | Power plant | 90 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| Bradken UK | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Little Crow Solar Park | Power plant | — | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 199.8 MW grid connection at Santon Solar Farm Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Battery storage 80 MW grid connection at Vox Winterton BESS Direct | Grid connection | 80 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Solar 20 MW grid connection at Winterton Road PV | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
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Grid connections attached to this substation
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.