Substation · England, United Kingdom
Thornton
Thornton is a substation in England, United Kingdom.
We hold more on this asset.Demand headroom, generation headroom, grid operator, location, level, fed from and voltage: available on request.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | THORNTON | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | Available on request | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8720, -2.9994 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 237 grid connections (127 operating, 1,421 MW), 225 power plants (75 operating, 1,688 MW), 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Thornton Power Station | Power plant | 9 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Hillhouse International Site grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| North West Biogas Anaerobic Digestion Plant (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.4 km |
| Hillhouse Business Park - Thornton Energy Recovery Centre | Power plant | 9.28 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Hillhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 4.1 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 12 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.