Substation · England, United Kingdom
Spennymoor GSP
Spennymoor GSP is a substation in England, United Kingdom, 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 | 128 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 | 480 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | 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 | 132 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7064, -1.5567 | Northern 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: 291 power plants (90 operating, 799 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1.7 MW grid connection at Spennymoor 66/20kV | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage | Power plant | 99.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Croxdale Farms, Hett Moor Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Solar 46.55 MW grid connection at Hett Moor Solar Direct | Grid connection | 46.6 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Spennymoor Greener Grid Park | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.4 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
Upstream substation
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Generation 2 MW grid connection at Durham Rail Direct2 MW
- Solar 46.55 MW grid connection at Hett Moor Solar Direct46.6 MW
- Solar 99.9 MW grid connection at North Lane PV Direct99.9 MW
- Battery storage 118.8 MW grid connection at Porch House Farm BESS Direct119 MW
- Solar 104 MW grid connection at Sikbereen Solar Direct104 MW
- Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct100 MW
- Battery storage 104.4 MW grid connection at Thinford BESS Direct104 MW
- Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Wadsworth Farm BESS Direct50 MW
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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.