Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Silver Lane 5 grid connection
Silver Lane 5 grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, held by Biffa Waste Services 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 | SILVER LANE 5 grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Risley) | 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 | Biffa Waste Services Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Risley (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 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 Nov 2012 | 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 | 53.4351, -2.5137 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchHow it compares
Silver Lane 5 grid connection is the 2,165th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,341st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 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 | 2,165th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,341st of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,347th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 407 power plants (121 operating, 1,395 MW), 342 substations, 17 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risley | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Risley Sets 13 & 14 | Power plant | 2.1 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Risley '4' Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 5.9 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Risley | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Culcheth | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Irlam | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from Biffa Waste Services Limited
- Waste 2.65 MW grid connection at Sutton Lane2.65 MW
- Bolton Road grid connection2.25 MW
- Waste 1.9 MW grid connection at Wroughton1.9 MW
- Clifton Hall Landfill grid connection1.46 MW
- Waste 1.14 MW grid connection at Newport1.14 MW
- Ravenhead Landfill grid connection1.1 MW
- Landfill gas 1.045 MW grid connection at Redlynch1.05 MW
- Rixton Old Hall grid connection1.03 MW
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
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
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- 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, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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