Power plant · North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Howdon Green Energy Park
Howdon Green Energy Park is a cancelled power plant in North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Port of Tyne Authority.
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 | North Tyneside (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Howdon Yard, Tyne View Terrace, Willington Quay, Wallsend, NE28 6UL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Apr 2017 (permit 16/01922/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Dec 2016 (reference 16/01922/FUL, planning authority North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Apr 2017 (granted, reference 16/01922/FUL, planning authority North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Port of Tyne Authority | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9903, -1.4788 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority North Tyneside, reference 16/01922/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Tyneside, reference 16/01922/FUL)
How it compares
Howdon Green Energy Park is the 464th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 876th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 464th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 876th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,271st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 258 grid connections (130 operating, 1,753 MW), 147 substations and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 5.7 MW grid connection at Howdon | Grid connection | 5.7 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Howdon | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Gas 6 MW grid connection at Howdon | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Flatworth Central | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Flatworth | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Flatworth BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.