Substation · England, United Kingdom
Lynemouth
Lynemouth is a 20 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 20.8 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 | 20.8 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 | 38 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 | Linton | 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) | Full (red 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 | 55.2055, -1.5346 | 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: 165 power plants (57 operating, 1,006 MW), 155 grid connections (80 operating, 1,071 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) | Power plant | 26 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Lynemouth Power Station | Power plant | 420 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Ellington South Site, Lynemouth Solar Array | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Biomass 399 MW grid connection at Lynemouth Power Direct | Grid connection | 399 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Wind 2.299 MW grid connection at Lynemouth | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Coal Authority Hybrid grid connection | Grid connection | 1.04 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
14 sites of land near Lynemouth have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 292 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland0.2 km · score 78
- 94 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland0.0 km · score 77
- 509 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland0.68 km · score 71
- 157 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland0.89 km · score 67
- 139 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland0.97 km · score 66
- 164 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland1.29 km · score 61
- 60 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland (INSPIRE polygon 55726412)0.57 km · score 59
- 109 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland1.62 km · score 56
- 86 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland1.38 km · score 54
- 60 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland (INSPIRE polygon 26551605)1.03 km · score 52
- 62 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland1.09 km · score 51
- 58 ha site near Lynemouth substation, Northumberland1.18 km · score 49
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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.