Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E
Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, connected by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc.
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 Sandall Stones W2E) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility (matched by coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.4 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Doncaster B/Thorpe Marsh (via a bulk supply point) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Waste | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 18 May 2020 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 66 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5588, -1.0801 | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility (planning authority Doncaster, reference 20/01774/TIPA)
- Permit applied for: BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility (planning authority Doncaster, reference 20/01774/TIPA)
How it compares
Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E is the 857th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,333rd-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 857th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,333rd of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,846th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 521 power plants (149 operating, 4,364 MW), 317 substations, 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Sandall | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility | Power plant | 34 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| Rockware | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility | Power plant | 180 MW | Permitted | 2.0 km |
| Fenwick Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 238 MW | Permitted | 2.4 km |
| Markham Gates | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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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 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
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