Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection
Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.03 MW of capacity, held by Novera Energy (Holdings 2) Limited.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | BILLINGE HILL QUARRY LANDFILL grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Upholland) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Novera Energy (Holdings 2) Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 1.28 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Upholland (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.03 MW | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill gas | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electricity North West Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Aug 1993 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4957, -2.7121 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme
- Permit granted: Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (planning authority St. Helens)
- Permit applied for: Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (planning authority St. Helens)
How it compares
Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection is the 2,483rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,827th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.03 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,483rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,827th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,843rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 414 power plants (125 operating, 1,677 MW), 348 substations, 17 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Promised Land Farm | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 70 MW | Permitted | 2.8 km |
| Upholland | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Ashton (Golborne) | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Orrell BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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