Substation · England, United Kingdom
Saltholme
Saltholme is a 132 kV grid supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 60 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 | 60 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 | 260 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 | 54.6057, -1.2386 | 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: 257 power plants (81 operating, 745 MW), 248 grid connections (128 operating, 1,264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSPB Saltholme grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| RSPB Saltholme grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Outfitting Facility, Haverton Hill Road - Hydrogen Production Facility | Power plant | 5 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| North East Energy Recovery Centre (adjacent to Teesside EfW) | Power plant | 21 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Teesside EfW | Power plant | 19.2 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Battery storage 100.92 MW grid connection at Belasis Avenue BESS Direct | Grid connection | 101 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Battery storage 100.92 MW grid connection at Belasis Avenue BESS Direct101 MW
- Oil 4.3 MW grid connection at North Bank Direct4.3 MW
- Biomass 49 MW grid connection at Port Clarence Biomass Direct49 MW
- RSPB Saltholme grid connection50 MW
- RSPB Saltholme grid connection50 MW
- Growhow UK Ltd (Billingham) grid connection21.9 MW
- Gas 100 MW grid connection at Port Clarence Gas Direct100 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.