Substation · England, United Kingdom
Skillings Lane
Skillings Lane is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 7.47 MVA of demand headroom and 10.6 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 | 7.47 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 10.6 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | Hull West | 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 | 53.7252, -0.5741 | 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: 432 power plants (105 operating, 4,101 MW), 355 grid connections (176 operating, 2,524 MW), 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass 3.192 MW grid connection at Skillings Lane | Grid connection | 3.19 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Melton Common Wind Cluster | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Melton Common Wind Cluster | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Melton Common Wind Cluster | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Unknown | 2.6 km |
| Battery storage and Solar and Wind 7.9 MW grid connection at Gibson Lane | Grid connection | 7.9 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Gibson Lane Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 13 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 34 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Skillings 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 Skillings Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.17 km · score 58
- 34 ha site near Skillings Lane substation, East Riding of Yorkshire1.44 km · score 24
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.