NGED network capacity map

Generation headroom, fault levels and the connection queue for National Grid Electricity Distribution substations, taken from NGED's open data and shown on one map with the other five GB distribution network operators. NGED covers East Midlands, West Midlands, South Wales, South West.

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What NGED publishes

11,950

Busbars at Primary and above

12%

With generation headroom

82%

With demand headroom

28%

With a fault level

Share of busbars carrying each figure in the current build. Full method on the data coverage page.

NGED sites with the most queued generation

Site	Queued	Connected	Projects
East Claydon	2.6 GW	27 MW	6
Drakelow	2.3 GW	0 MW	8
Cellarhead	1.3 GW	20 MW	9
Enderby	1.1 GW	57 MW	6
Melksham	1.0 GW	2.1 MW	4
Bicker Fen	1.0 GW	62 MW	10
Willington	775 MW	14 MW	6
Ironbridge	700 MW	0 MW	2
Pembroke	620 MW	2.2 GW	6
Iron Acton	613 MW	0 MW	16

From the Embedded Capacity Register and the NESO TEC register. The full GB list is on the connection queue page.

Other DNO capacity maps

UKPN capacity map
NPG capacity map
SPEN capacity map
ENW capacity map
SSEN capacity map