Substation · England, United Kingdom

Selby

Selby is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.48 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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom5.48 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom0 MWNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Firm capacity29 MVANorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromDraxNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromOsgodby 3/4Northern 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
Voltage11 kVNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.7690, -1.0640Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 463 grid connections (235 operating, 2,758 MW), 457 power plants (118 operating, 4,315 MW), 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Barlow Road, Barlow Road - Battery StoragePower plant80 MWCancelled0.9 km
Selby Renewable Energy ParkPower plant8 MWCancelled1.5 km
Gas 15 MW grid connection at Sedamyl UK CHPGrid connection15 MWPlanned1.5 km
Gas 21.8 MW grid connection at SelbyGrid connection21.8 MWPlanned1.5 km
Selby Energy Park grid connectionGrid connection4.75 MWOperating1.5 km
Newlands Farm, Turnham Lane - Solar PV PanelsPower plant49.9 MWPlanned2.7 km
Yorkshire GREENTransmission line—Permitted20 km
HSBC Wakefield Data CentreData center——22 km
nLighten LeedsData center——23 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

6 sites of land near Selby have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

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