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Biffa Waste

Biffa Waste at Hawthorn Pit Grid

Northern Powergrid Embedded Capacity Register 1MW and Over, September 2026 edition

Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.

Date connected
2 Nov 2005
Status
Connected
Customer
Biffa Waste
Site name
Biffa Waste
Address
Houghton Le Spring Landfill Site, Houghton Quarry, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4AV
Grid reference
Easting 433117, northing 550274
Licence area
North East (Northern Powergrid)
Grid supply point
Hawthorn Pit Grid
Bulk supply point
Hawthorn Pit Grid
Primary substation
Houghton
Connection voltage
11 kV
Technology group
Bioenergy and waste
Energy source 1
Waste, Steam turbine (thermal power plant): 1.9 MW registered
Registered capacity
1.9 MW
Maximum export capacity
1.9 MW
Maximum import capacity
Not stated
Flexible connection
No
In a connection queue
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Date accepted
Not stated
Target energisation date
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Distribution reinforcement reference
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Transmission reinforcement reference
Not published by Northern Powergrid
Export MPAN
1574000263144
Import MPAN
Not stated
Last updated
8 Mar 2017
Tracked since
March 2026 edition

Change history

Tracked since the March 2026 edition, across 7 editions.

Changes to its status, capacity, technology or customer, newest first.

No change to its status, capacity, technology or customer.

Also at Hawthorn Pit Grid

GSP view

23 other sites at this grid supply point in the September 2026 edition, 2 of them at Houghton, the same primary substation. In all, the sites here total 1.1 GW: 0.1 GW connected, 1 GW accepted to connect.

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