Identification

Title

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

Abstract

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

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0eed5c99-f409-4329-a98e-47f496bb88a2.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

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

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

utilitiesCommunication

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Energy Resources

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-01-01

End position

2018-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-10-24

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

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

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

University of East Anglia

email address

a.lovett@uea.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-9273

name: ORCID record

description: ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.

function: information

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of East Anglia

email address

g.sunnenberg@uea.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of East Anglia

email address

a.lovett@uea.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

a.lovett@uea.ac.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

web address

https://eidc.ac.uk/

name: EIDC website

description: The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences.

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-04-08T11:12:29

Metadata language