Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Port of Tyne BESS grid connection
Port of Tyne BESS grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, held by Port of Tyne BESS.
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 (connection site: Jarrow Road BESS) | 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 | Port of Tyne BESS | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Port of Tyne (method: name+coordinates+technology+capacity, distance km: 0.07) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | South Shields (via: bsp) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery storage | 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 | 13 Jun 2016 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 2 Jun 2017 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9790, -1.4532 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Port of Tyne BESS grid connection is the 809th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,254th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 809th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,254th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,454th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 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: 280 power plants (89 operating, 1,265 MW) and 152 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Tyne | Power plant | 35 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| South Shields | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Simonside | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Church Bank - Battery Storage System | Power plant | 100 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Garwood Street | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Howdon Green Energy Park | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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, No restriction on the posted data.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- 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.