Power plant · South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Port of Tyne
Port of Tyne is a power plant in South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by Foresight.
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 | South Tyneside (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Port of Tyne, Tyne Dock, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE34 9PT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2018 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Sept 2016 (reference ST/0867/16/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Foresight | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9784, -1.4527 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Port of Tyne is the 346th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 651st-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 346th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 651st of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,507th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 263 grid connections (135 operating, 1,778 MW), 152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Tyne BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| South Shields | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Port of Tyne BESS Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 35.1 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Solar 3 MW grid connection at Simonside | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Simonside | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Garwood Street | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- 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
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.