Substation · England, United Kingdom
Spennymoor 132/66kV Substation
Spennymoor 132/66kV Substation is a 66 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 81.5 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 81.5 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 | 180 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Spennymoor GSP | 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 | 66 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7048, -1.5543 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 296 power plants (95 operating, 2,244 MW), 282 grid connections (141 operating, 1,375 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.1 km |
| Solar 1.7 MW grid connection at Spennymoor 66/20kV | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 104.4 MW grid connection at Thinford BESS Direct | Grid connection | 104 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Croxdale Farms, Hett Moor Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Spennymoor Greener Grid Park | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.3 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Battery storage and Solar 100 MW grid connection at Bowburn SPV and BESS100 MW
- Battery storage and Solar 62.5 MW grid connection at Bucks Head Hybrid62.5 MW
- Battery storage 50.7 MW grid connection at Fylands Bridge BESS50.7 MW
- Battery storage and Solar 40 MW grid connection at Institute Street40 MW
- Biomass 15.794 MW grid connection at Chilton Generation15.8 MW
- Solar 25 MW grid connection at Thornley Hall Farm25 MW
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Candidate sites around this substation
9 sites of land near Spennymoor 132/66kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 53 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.28 km · score 80
- 42 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.05 km · score 80
- 54 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.49 km · score 77
- 28 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 26451397)0.0 km · score 77
- 50 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.71 km · score 73
- 73 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham1.99 km · score 61
- 28 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 55569652)1.67 km · score 52
- 10 ha brownfield site at Former DCMA and Land at Mainsforth Ind Est, County Durham3.42 km · score 42
- 1.2 ha brownfield site at Land East of Croft Gardens (Neecol site), County Durham3.13 km · score 40
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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.