Power plant · South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
West Boldon Substation - Battery Energy Storage
West Boldon Substation - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited.
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 | East of the West Boldon Substation, 400 metres south of the A184 and 300m East of the A189 in South Tyneside, NE35 9PE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Dec 2024 (permit ST/0486/23/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jul 2023 (reference ST/0486/23/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Dec 2024 (appeal granted, reference ST/0486/23/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Dec 2024 (granted, reference ST/0486/23/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jun 2024 (refused, reference ST/0486/23/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 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 | 54.9401, -1.4642 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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West Boldon Substation - Battery Energy Storage is the 379th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 672nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 60 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 | 379th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 672nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,661st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 275 grid connections (141 operating, 1,796 MW), 161 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Boldon | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 175 MW grid connection at West Boldon Farm BESS Direct | Grid connection | 175 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Battery storage 63 MW grid connection at West Boldon BESS | Grid connection | 63 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Boldon Downhill | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Solar 4.2 MW grid connection at Usworth | Grid connection | 4.2 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Hedworth | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 8.9 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.