Substation · England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Airport
Newcastle Airport is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.5 MVA of demand headroom and 25.8 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 | 11.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.8 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 | Blucher | 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) | 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 | 55.0350, -1.7101 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 214 power plants (72 operating, 1,068 MW), 202 grid connections (100 operating, 1,191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Airport grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 1 -Solar Farm | Power plant | 3 MW | Under construction | 1.0 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 2 - Solar Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Newcastle International Airport Phase 3- Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Solar 21.07 MW grid connection at Newcastle Airport | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 150 MW grid connection at Dewley Hill Direct | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
15 sites of land near Newcastle Airport have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 416 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.21 km · score 68
- 99 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.53 km · score 62
- 168 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Northumberland0.85 km · score 59
- 45 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.05 km · score 53
- 98 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne1.21 km · score 51
- 94 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne1.54 km · score 45
- 53 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne (INSPIRE polygon 25320655)0.9 km · score 42
- 46 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Northumberland0.75 km · score 42
- 34 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne0.76 km · score 39
- 86 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne1.84 km · score 38
- 53 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne (INSPIRE polygon 64269516)1.46 km · score 34
- 42 ha site near Newcastle Airport substation, Newcastle upon Tyne1.46 km · score 31
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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.