Substation · England, United Kingdom

Newburn Haugh Direct Substation

Newburn Haugh Direct Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 29.3 MVA of demand headroom and 38.4 MW of generation headroom, operated 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	29.3 MVA	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	38.4 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	Stella North	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	11 kV	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	54.9724, -1.7174	Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 244 power plants (81 operating, 2,708 MW), 232 grid connections (113 operating, 1,284 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
Battery storage 54 MW grid connection at Lemington BESS Direct	Grid connection	54 MW	Planned	0.6 km
Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Scotswood Road BESS Direct	Grid connection	49.9 MW	Planned	0.7 km
Path Head	Power plant	1 MW	Operating	0.9 km
Gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Blaydon Burn	Grid connection	2.85 MW	Operating	0.9 km
Newburn Bridge Road - Battery Storage Facility	Power plant	100 MW	Cancelled	1.4 km
Newburn BESS - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	90 MW	Planned	1.5 km
Stellium Newcastle Campus	Data center	—	—	14 km
DXC Wynyard Data Center	Data center	—	—	46 km

Grid operator and place

Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plcGrid operator
Substations in England, United Kingdom1,666
Substations in the United Kingdom2,119
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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Newburn Haugh 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.

83 ha site near Newburn Haugh Direct substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.0 km · score 83
2.51 ha brownfield site at Churchill's site, Blaydon, Gateshead1.39 km · score 38

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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.