Substation · England, United Kingdom
West Melton
West Melton is a 66 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 30.7 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 30.7 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 | 141 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 | West Melton Section 3 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red 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 | 53.5012, -1.3767 | 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: 486 power plants (144 operating, 4,224 MW), 402 grid connections (210 operating, 2,256 MW), 10 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Melton Electricity Substation - Energy Storage System | Power plant | 26 MW | Permitted | 0.0 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 120 MW grid connection at West Melton Station PV Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Swangate Project - Energy Storage System | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Battery storage 26 MW grid connection at Elsecar Road BESS | Grid connection | 26 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Swangate BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Cranswick Convenience Foods, Valley Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.24 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 16 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.
- 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.