Substation · England, United Kingdom

Wansbeck

Wansbeck is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0 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.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorNorthern Powergrid (Northeast) plcNorthern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom0 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 capacity32 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
Congestion (offtake)Limited (amber on the heat map)Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)Limited (amber 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
Coordinates55.1565, -1.5456Northern 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: 184 power plants (65 operating, 1,063 MW), 173 grid connections (87 operating, 1,123 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
High Brockland Farm, Brock Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant70 MWPermitted0.2 km
West Sleekburn - Battery Storage CompoundPower plant30 MWPermitted0.4 km
Battery storage 30 MW grid connection at West Sleekburn BESSGrid connection30 MWPlanned0.4 km
West Sleek Burn BESS grid connectionGrid connection70 MWPlanned1.2 km
Biomass 31.666 MW grid connection at Cramlington BiomassGrid connection31.7 MWOperating2.1 km
Land East of Mount Pleasant FarmPower plant1.5 MWCancelled2.1 km
Stellium Newcastle CampusData center——16 km

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