Substation · England, United Kingdom
Greatham Direct
Greatham Direct is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.8 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 | 11.8 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 | 35 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 | Saltholme | 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) | 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 | 54.6279, -1.2075 | 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: 253 power plants (80 operating, 740 MW), 247 grid connections (129 operating, 1,267 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graythorp Wind Turbine | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Teesside Bio Power | Power plant | 28 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Brenda Road 49.9MW BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Tofts Road Wind Turbine | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 99 MW grid connection at Greatham Hybrid | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Gas 50 MW grid connection at Phillips Petroleum | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
13 sites of land near Greatham Direct have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 155 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool0.05 km · score 71
- 88 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool0.16 km · score 64
- 77 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool0.01 km · score 63
- 237 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees0.69 km · score 61
- 182 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees0.69 km · score 61
- 95 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees0.55 km · score 60
- 64 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees0.55 km · score 51
- 281 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool1.52 km · score 49
- 54 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees0.6 km · score 47
- 72 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool1.44 km · score 40
- 44 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Hartlepool1.21 km · score 35
- 55 ha site near Greatham Direct substation, Stockton-on-Tees1.58 km · score 33
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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.