Power plant · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle International Airport Phase 2 - Solar Farm
Newcastle International Airport Phase 2 - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Newcastle International 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 | Newcastle upon Tyne (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Newcastle International Airport, S/O The Eastern End Of The Runway & W/O Dinnington Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 8BZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Feb 2022 (permit 2021/1818/01/DET, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newcastle upon Tyne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Sept 2021 (reference 2021/1818/01/DET, planning authority Newcastle upon Tyne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Feb 2022 (granted, reference 2021/1818/01/DET, planning authority Newcastle upon Tyne) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Newcastle International Airport | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 22 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0388, -1.6955 | 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, reference 2021/1818/01/DET)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Newcastle upon Tyne, reference 2021/1818/01/DET)
How it compares
Newcastle International Airport Phase 2 - Solar Farm is the 1,707th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,616th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,707th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,616th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,764th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 201 grid connections (99 operating, 1,185 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 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Newcastle Airport | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Fawdon/Seaton Burn | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Solar 21.07 MW grid connection at Newcastle Airport | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 4.0 km |
| Westerhope | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Solar 45 MW grid connection at North East Mason Farm PV Direct | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 12 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.
- 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.
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