Substation · England, United Kingdom
Boldon Downhill
Boldon Downhill is a 20 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 17.5 MVA of demand headroom and 26.3 MW of generation headroom, connected by Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc.
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 | England | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 17.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.3 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 25 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | West Boldon | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Limited (amber on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Limited (amber on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 20 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9380, -1.4517 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 289 power plants (92 operating, 1,354 MW), 276 grid connections (141 operating, 1,796 MW) 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 - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 60 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Battery storage 175 MW grid connection at West Boldon Farm BESS Direct | Grid connection | 175 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Solar 4.2 MW grid connection at Usworth | Grid connection | 4.2 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Nissan Car Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Nissan Test Track | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Washington Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 2.0 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Boldon Downhill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 173 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside0.25 km · score 74
- 27 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside0.0 km · score 54
- 31 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside (INSPIRE polygon 51965797)0.29 km · score 51
- 31 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside (INSPIRE polygon 58467734)0.98 km · score 41
- 33 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside1.12 km · score 39
- 29 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside1.35 km · score 34
- 39 ha site near Boldon Downhill substation, South Tyneside1.79 km · score 31
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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.
- 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.