Substation · England, United Kingdom
Flatworth
Flatworth is a 33 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 7.49 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 7.49 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 72 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Tynemouth | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0015, -1.4815 | 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: 264 power plants (83 operating, 1,242 MW), 252 grid connections (129 operating, 1,748 MW) and 3 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 49.9 MW grid connection at Flatworth BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Standby Embedded Stor Power Plant - Battery storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Under construction | 0.4 km |
| Battery storage 17.5 MW grid connection at High Flatworth BESS | Grid connection | 17.5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 37.5 MW grid connection at Venus Park BESS | Grid connection | 37.5 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Howdon Green Energy Park | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Church Bank - Battery Storage System | Power plant | 100 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 50 km |
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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.