Substation · England, United Kingdom
Carr Hill
Carr Hill is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 4.6 MVA of demand headroom and 26.8 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 | 4.6 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.8 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 22 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 | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9441, -1.5811 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 279 power plants (90 operating, 1,270 MW), 271 grid connections (141 operating, 1,796 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 6 MW grid connection at Gateshead East | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Albany Road - Solar Array | Power plant | 2 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Battery storage 6.555 MW grid connection at Gateshead East | Grid connection | 6.56 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Parker Hannifin Manufacturing - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.08 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| NHS Diagnostic Centre Diesel grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Usworth House Farm, Peareth Hall Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 27.3 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Carr Hill has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 183 ha site near Carr Hill substation, Gateshead0.32 km · score 60
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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.