Power plant · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newburn BESS - Battery Energy Storage System
Newburn BESS - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, with 90 MW of capacity, operated by Fig Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North East Concrete Limited, High Street, Newburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8LN | 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 | 29 May 2024 (ref. 2024/0447/01/DET, Newcastle upon Tyne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fig Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 90 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9827, -1.7314 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Newburn BESS - Battery Energy Storage System is the 337th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 555th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 90 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 337th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 555th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,475th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 225 grid connections (108 operating, 1,269 MW) and 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 96.24 MW grid connection at Old Neolith Building BESS Direct | Grid connection | 96.2 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Stella North | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage 99.8 MW grid connection at Newcastle BESS Direct | Grid connection | 99.8 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Blucher | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Blucher 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Battery storage 80 MW grid connection at Newburn Bridge BESS Direct | Grid connection | 80 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.