Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Airport grid connection
Newcastle Airport grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2.6 MW of capacity, held by Newcastle Airport.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Newcastle Airport) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Newcastle Airport | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.83 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Newcastle Airport (via a primary substation) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.6 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 30 Nov 2022 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 8 Mar 2023 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0387, -1.7085 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started: Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm
- Permit granted: Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm (planning authority Newcastle upon Tyne, reference 2021/1818/01/DET)
- Permit applied for: Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm (planning authority Newcastle upon Tyne, reference 2021/1818/01/DET)
How it compares
Newcastle Airport grid connection is the 2,060th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,153rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.6 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,060th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,153rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,157th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Connected
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 214 power plants (72 operating, 1,476 MW), 127 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Airport | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm | Power plant | 3 MW | Under construction | 0.8 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 2 - Solar Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 3- Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Fawdon/Seaton Burn | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Westerhope | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.