Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
NFPA grid connection
NFPA grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, held by Valencia Waste Management 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Canterbury South 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Valencia Waste Management Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Shelford Generation Plant II (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.14 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill gas | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 9 Jan 1997 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2987, 1.1046 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Shelford Generation Plant II
How it compares
NFPA grid connection is the 2,072nd-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,906th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,072nd of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,906th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,579th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 195 power plants (75 operating, 6,563 MW), 109 substations, 5 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelford Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Shelford Generation Plant II | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Canterbury Local 11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Shelford WTE Plant | Power plant | 16.1 MW | Cancelled | 0.3 km |
| Canterbury South 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Canterbury Town 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.7 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Moss Hall Lane Generator grid connection4.5 MW
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Other grid connections in England
- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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