⚡ Electrical Substations of the World

These are notable electrical substations — the fenced yards of transformers and switchgear where the grid steps voltage up for the long haul and down for the city, some of them landmark engineering like the first 132 kV parent stations and converter stations feeding whole regions. Each profile shows where the substation sits, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

50 substations from 8 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any substation for its full profile.

Americas (24) Asia (1) Europe (8) Oceania (17)

Americas (24 substations)

Asia (1 substations)

Europe (8 substations)

Oceania (17 substations)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.