Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Biomass 22 MW grid connection at Tansterne Generation
Biomass 22 MW grid connection at Tansterne Generation is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 22 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) 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 (connects at Tansterne Generation) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.12 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Driffield/Beverley Group (via a bulk supply point) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 22 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Mar 2017 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 66 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8206, -0.1446 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station)
- Permit granted: Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 15/03102/STREM)
- Permit applied for: Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 15/03102/STREM)
How it compares
Biomass 22 MW grid connection at Tansterne Generation is the 973rd-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,574th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 22 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 | 973rd of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,574th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,163rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 238 power plants (57 operating, 788 MW), 99 substations, 1 gas storage facility and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull Biomass Plant (Tansterne power station) | Power plant | 22 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Tansterne Straw-Burning Power Station | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 1.4 km |
| Withernwick (withdrawn) | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Burton Pidsea | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Ellifoot Lane | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Holderness | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
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