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Hyder International Landfill Site grid connection

Hyder International Landfill Site grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 1.76 MW of capacity, connected by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).

Map: where Hyder International Landfill Site grid connection lies
51.9434, -0.4911 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Sundon Primary 11kV T3&T4)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Attached toSundon Primary 11kV T3&T4 (via a primary substation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity1.76 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyLandfill gasUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date24 Sept 1996UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.9434, -0.4911UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Hyder International Landfill Site grid connection is the 3,125th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 4,330th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.76 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England3,125th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom4,330th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data8,065th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 449 power plants (160 operating, 3,750 MW), 294 substations, 82 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Sundon Landfill SitePower plant2.6 MWOperating0.2 km
Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery StoragePower plant250 MWPermitted0.5 km
Hillcrest, Church Road - Battery Energy StoragePower plant50 MWCancelled1.2 km
Sundon Primary 11kV T1&T2Substation——1.4 km
Sundon Primary 11kV T3&T4Substation——1.4 km
Sundon 33kVSubstation——1.6 km
Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719)Data center——5.1 km
Starwood HouseData center——20 km
NTT Hemel Hempstead 2Data center——20 km

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