Sherpa Atlas map of Canberra: data centres, substations with stated capacity for new load and power lines

Grid capacity map of Australia

Australia’s transmission operators state the capacity available for new load at named substations, and AEMO lists every generation and storage project by commitment stage. The edition colours substations by the operators’ own figures, local government areas by data-centre demand, and shows the generation planned in each.

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What the map shows in Australia

Substations and grid capacity in Australia, with the grid around them

Substations by voltage

Transmission and high-voltage distribution substations, with operator, voltage and area.

Published grid status

Room to connect where the operator states it; the demand already requested of the grid where that is what is published. Always the operator’s own figure, with its date.

Upgrades and statements

Grid reinforcements and new substations from the operators’ plans, and what operators, regulators and governments have said about capacity.

Demand and supply around it

Data centres, plants and projects near each substation, with power fed in and power drawn shown apart.

By local government areas

Every local government area of Australia is coloured by what is planned and published there, and each opens its own list of sites, plants, upgrades and statements.

Also in the Australia edition

Substations and grid capacity, data centres, plants and their owners, fibre and internet exchanges, grid upgrades and statements.

Sherpa Atlas map of Canberra: data centres, substations with stated capacity for new load and power lines

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Every record with its sources and date

Each grid capacity record opens in full: status, capacity as stated, owners, the grid around it and every source, dated. Search any place, site, company or coordinates.

Who uses it

How teams use the grid capacity map of Australia

Developers of data centres and large loads

Find substations with room to connect, and see where the demand already asked of the grid makes a connection unlikely before a site is optioned.

Renewable and storage developers

Compare areas by the generation already planned and the room left for more, and follow the upgrades that will open new capacity.

Investors and lenders

Test whether a project’s connection date and grid assumptions hold against what the operator has published.

Grid operators, utilities and consultants

See where demand and generation requests concentrate across operator boundaries, on one map.

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Questions

The grid capacity map of Australia: questions

What does the grid capacity map of Australia show?

Substations in Australia coloured by the grid capacity the operators publish, with upgrades, the demand already asked of the grid and the projects around each.

Whose figures are used in Australia?

Published figures from AEMO and the transmission network operators, and from regulators, governments, planning authorities, company announcements and the press, each with its source and date.

Can I try the Australia edition free?

Yes. A free account opens three full records a day and Canberra (ACT) in full as a demo area. The whole country is from $400 a month, first month half price; Global Access to every country is on request.

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