Grid connection · England, United Kingdom

Waste 2.375 MW grid connection at CALNE

Waste 2.375 MW grid connection at CALNE is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 2.38 MW of capacity, held by Viridor Waste Management Limited.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Calne)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (connected)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderViridor Waste Management LimitedSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toCalne Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity2.38 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWasteSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSouthern Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.4359, -1.9895SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Waste 2.375 MW grid connection at CALNE is the 2,104th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,226th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.38 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
England2,104th of 2,533319,370 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,226th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,230th of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 407 power plants (161 operating, 2,117 MW), 111 substations, 9 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Sands Farm Quarry Landfill SitePower plant3.5 MWOperating1.0 km
Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Battery StoragePower plant4 MWPlanned1.1 km
Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Solar PanelsPower plant6 MWPlanned1.1 km
Calne PrimarySubstation——1.8 km
Bromham PrimarySubstation——5.2 km
Chippenham BSPSubstation——8.9 km
Ark Data CentresData center——16 km
Data center, England (OSM way 996865179)Data center——16 km
VodafoneData center——16 km

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