Substation · England, United Kingdom
Longbenton
Longbenton is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 6.7 MVA of demand headroom and 27 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 | 6.7 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 27 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | Tynemouth | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Gosforth | 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) | Full (red 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 | 55.0071, -1.5911 | 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: 237 power plants (76 operating, 1,093 MW), 229 grid connections (111 operating, 1,280 MW) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 5.463 MW grid connection at Longbenton | Grid connection | 5.46 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels | Power plant | 8 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Newcastle University Agriculture Buildings grid connection | Grid connection | 3.81 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Gas 10.925 MW grid connection at University | Grid connection | 10.9 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Mylord Crescent, Camperdown Industrial Estate, Unit 12 - Solar PV system | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Permitted | 4.2 km |
| Lhyfe Wallsend - Green Hydrogen Plant | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 4.4 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Longbenton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 159 ha site near Longbenton substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.0 km · score 67
- 70 ha site near Longbenton substation, North Tyneside0.45 km · score 49
- 47 ha site near Longbenton substation, Newcastle upon Tyne1.03 km · score 34
- 28 ha site near Longbenton substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.77 km · score 32
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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.