Power plant · Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Greenhead Energy Park
Greenhead Energy Park is a planned battery storage plant in Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, with 13 MW of capacity, operated by Exagen.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Gateshead (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Of Coalburns Substation And North West Of Chopwell, NE17 7EZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 May 2024 (reference DC/24/00429/FUL, planning authority Gateshead) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Exagen (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9137, -1.8142 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Gateshead, reference DC/24/00429/FUL)
How it compares
Greenhead Energy Park is the 1,120th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,805th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,120th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,805th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,504th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 239 grid connections (118 operating, 1,319 MW), 143 substations and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 100.4 MW grid connection at Chopwell Hybrid | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Coalburns | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Battery storage 99.4 MW grid connection at Maiden Hill Farm BESS Direct | Grid connection | 99.4 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Waste 5.225 MW grid connection at Blaydon Burn | Grid connection | 5.23 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| West Wylam | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Consett | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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