Substation · England, United Kingdom
Norton
Norton is a 132 kV grid supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 0 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 | 0 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 | 720 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Grid supply point (GSP) | 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 | 132 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5923, -1.3627 | 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: 270 power plants (86 operating, 773 MW), 259 grid connections (132 operating, 1,289 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letch Lane - Solar Farm | Power plant | 10.8 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Solar 8.58 MW grid connection at Norton 132/11kV Direct | Grid connection | 8.58 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| High Meadow Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| California Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 150 MW grid connection at California Farm Direct | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| North Tees Health NHS Trust grid connection | Grid connection | 1.72 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
- Bowesfield
- Darlington Central
- Darlington North
- Leeming Bar/Skeeby
- North Tees
- Acklam
- Aycliffe Forrest
- Aycliffe Industrial
- Barden Friar
- Bedale
- Billingham Marsh House
- Bowesfield 33/11kV
- Bowesfield 66/11kV
- Catterick Camp
- Cowton
- Darlington 132/6kV Direct
- Darlington 33/11kV
- Darlington Central 33/11kV
- Darlington East
- Darlington West
- Faraday Street
- Heighington
- Malleable
- Millbank Lane
- Newton Aycliffe South
- North Tees T1 T2
- North Tees T3 T4
- Northallerton
- Norton 132/11kV Direct
- Richmond T1
- Richmond T2
- Rise Carr
- Romanby
- Rudby
- Stokesley
- Thirsk
- Urlay Nook
- Wensleydale
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Battery storage and Solar 150 MW grid connection at California Farm Direct150 MW
- Solar 80 MW grid connection at Hell Hole Farm Direct80 MW
- Solar 52 MW grid connection at Ketton Solar Direct52 MW
- Solar 180 MW grid connection at Mill Lane Direct180 MW
- Mill Lane Solar PV grid connection180 MW
- Battery storage and Solar 89.89 MW grid connection at Norton Back Lane Direct89.9 MW
- Battery storage 118.5 MW grid connection at Thornley Close Farm Direct119 MW
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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.