Substation · England, United Kingdom
Stoney Cut
Stoney Cut is a 20 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 13.8 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 | 13.8 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 | 32 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 | Hawthorn Pit Grid | 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) | 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 | 54.8156, -1.3584 | 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: 287 power plants (92 operating, 1,283 MW), 281 grid connections (142 operating, 1,780 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 3 MW grid connection at Stoney Cut | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| North of A19 Services | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Hawthorn Wind Farm | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.9 km |
| Fox Cover Solar Farm - Ground Mounted Photovoltaic Panels | Power plant | 8 MW | Permitted | 1.6 km |
| Solar 8 MW grid connection at Stoney Cut | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at Southeast of Church Lane BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 28 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 Stoney Cut have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 91 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.66 km · score 60
- 143 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham1.05 km · score 58
- 115 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham1.44 km · score 52
- 30 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.26 km · score 47
- 46 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.67 km · score 46
- 33 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.39 km · score 46
- 29 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.5 km · score 44
- 27 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.5 km · score 43
- 39 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 61843238)0.91 km · score 40
- 34 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham0.85 km · score 40
- 44 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham1.29 km · score 36
- 42 ha site near Stoney Cut substation, County Durham1.54 km · score 32
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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.