Tag:substation=generation

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A substation which transforms or dispatches a power plant's output for feed-in to the transmission network Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: power
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
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A generation substation is a substation whose main function is to dispatch and/or transform a power plant's output for feed-in to the transmission network.

Voltage is traditionally step up with power transformers. They're usually called step up substations (605-01-04).
In those situations, we should map individual transformers with transformer=generator and indicate grid voltage with voltage:secondary=*.

How to map

See guidelines from power=substation to get more information

Examples

Photo Emplacement Tagging Note
Step-up substation on Aswan dam Egypt

area power=substation
substation=
location=outdoor
barrier=fence
voltage=500000

The 500 kV generation substation near the Aswan dam in Egypt is designed to step-up the voltage of power produced by the dam towards transmission network
Windpower generation substation France

area building=service
utility=power
power=substation
substation=
voltage=20000

Wind power delivery substations are designed to step up voltage from windmills and send it to distribution grids.
Offshore windpower generations substation Germany

area building=service
utility=power
power=substation
substation=
voltage=155000

Substations which gather power from offshore windmills are particular generation substation which step up voltage and send power on shore.
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