Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection
Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.33 MW of capacity, held by Viridis Energy (Norgen) 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 | HESPIN WOOD LANDFILL grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connection site: CARLISLE NORTH) | 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 | Viridis Energy (Norgen) Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.33 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 | 16 Jun 2000 | 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 | 54.9592, -2.9902 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection is the 2,365th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,663rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.33 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 | 2,365th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,663rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,367th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 139 power plants (42 operating, 775 MW), 2 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackdyke Farm | Power plant | 7.7 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Blackdyke Farm, Blackford - Battery Storage | Power plant | 340 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Blackdyke Farm, Blackford - Battery Storage | Power plant | 400 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Spadeadam 20kV | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Kielder | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- CAISO queue report. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, No restriction on the posted data.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.