Substation · England, United Kingdom
West Melton Section 3
West Melton Section 3 is a 132 kV grid supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 119 MVA of demand headroom and 305 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 | 119 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 305 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 360 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Grid supply point (GSP) | 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 | 132 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5012, -1.3788 | 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: 485 power plants (144 operating, 4,224 MW), 400 grid connections (209 operating, 2,240 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 | 0.1 km |
| Swangate Project - Energy Storage System | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 120 MW grid connection at West Melton Station PV Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 26 MW grid connection at Elsecar Road BESS | Grid connection | 26 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Swangate BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Cranswick Convenience Foods, Valley Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.24 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.6 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Hive IT | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
- Barugh 132/66kV
- Hunningley
- Hunshelf
- Wakefield Monckton Road
- West Melton
- Aldham
- Barnsley
- Barugh 66/11kV
- Burton Road
- Dearne Road
- Denby Dale Road
- Durkar Low Lane
- Ecclesfield
- Elmhirst Lane 1
- Elmhirst Lane 2
- Elsecar
- Fish Dam Lane
- Hope
- Houghton Main
- Kilnhurst
- Penistone
- Scissett
- Smithy Green
- Stairfoot
- Tankersley Park
- Wath Upon Dearne
- Wheatacre Road
- Woodcock Street
- Woolley
- Worsbrough Park
- York Street
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Engine Lane PV Direct49.9 MW
- Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Hunningley BESS Direct40 MW
- Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Swangate BESS Direct49.9 MW
- Battery storage and Solar 47.96 MW grid connection at Stepping Stone Solar and BESS Hybrid Direct48 MW
- Solar 29.93 MW grid connection at Woolley Solar Park29.9 MW
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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.