Darlington East

PrimaryNPG33 kV11 kV

Upstream:BSPDarlingtonGSPNorton· headroom can be limited upstream

At a glance

Generation headroom, free

Amber

No headroom

Source NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026Highest of 3 busbarsBand free, exact MW with Pro

Other figures

Sources retrieved 15 Oct 2026
Demand headroom
██.█MW
Darlington East 11 kV. NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026
Fault level
██.█kA
Darlington East 33 kV. NPG LTDS Appendix 6 Fault Level Data
Firm capacity
██.█MVA
Darlington East 11 kV. NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026

Highest figure across the site's 3 busbars; fault level is the busbar nearest its break rating. Each busbar is listed below.

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Location

54.51931, -1.51792

From DNO data
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Connection queue

NPG Embedded Capacity Register (>=1 MW); NPG Embedded Capacity Register Part 2, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

Queued
23 MW
Connected
8.8 MW
Projects
10
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33 kV

1 busbar

Darlington East 33 kV

NPGdistribution
Fault level (3-phase)
██.█kA
NPG LTDS Appendix 6 Fault Level Data

Not published for this busbar: generation headroom, demand headroom, firm capacity.

Fault and rating detail
Make rating
██.█kA
Break rating
██.█kA

11 kV

1 busbar

Darlington East 11 kV

NPG Generation Lockeddistribution
Generation headroom
██.█MW
NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026
Demand headroom
██.█MW
NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026
Firm capacity
██.█MVA
NPG Heat Map Data - Table (firm, demand, headroom), retrieved 27 Sep 2026
Fault level (3-phase)
██.█kA
NPG LTDS Appendix 6 Fault Level Data
Fault and rating detail
Make rating
██.█kA
Break rating
██.█kA

Other voltage levels

  • Voltage not statedDarlington East NPGNo capacity or fault data published for this busbar

Data source

Network operator: Northern Powergrid. Licence: Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0

Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2019-]

Derived from publicly available DNO datasets: we cluster, merge and calculate from the published records, so these figures are modified from the source. Indicative only; verify directly with the DNO before making connection decisions. Attribution and licences