Locations and characteristics of electricity substations (33 kV or larger), Great Britain, 2018

The data consists of names, types, voltages, constraint status and national grid references for 56,865 electricity substations (33 kV or larger) in Great Britain in 2018. It was compiled from information on individual transmission or distribution network operator websites and interpreted to produce a classification of constraint status (where applicable). The data set was compiled from information on individual transmission or distribution network operator websites. The work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council Award NE/M019713/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

Date (Publication): 2022-10-24

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

Other citation details: Lovett, A.A., Sünnenberg, G. (2022). Locations and characteristics of electricity substations (33 kV or larger), Great Britain, 2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of East Anglia	Lovett, A.A.	a.lovett@uea.ac.uk	Author
University of East Anglia	Sünnenberg, G.	g.sunnenberg@uea.ac.uk	Author
University of East Anglia	Lovett, A.	a.lovett@uea.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
University of East Anglia		a.lovett@uea.ac.uk	Owner

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Electricity Substations
Electricity Network
Substation Locations
Electricity Network Capacity Constraints

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Lovett, A.A., Sünnenberg, G. (2022). Locations and characteristics of electricity substations (33 kV or larger), Great Britain, 2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

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Language: English

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Utilities communication

Begin date: 2018-01-01

End date: 2018-12-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: The data set was compiled from information on individual transmission or distribution network operator websites. It has not been subject to any verification by these companies and represents an attempt to produce a more consistent list of substation locations and capacity constraints to inform spatial modelling as part of the ADVENT research project. More detailed and up-to-date information is now available on many operator data portals

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:17:28

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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