Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
West Quarry grid connection
West Quarry grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 4.5 MW of capacity, held by Springfield Environmental 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 | WEST QUARRY grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Standish) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Springfield Environmental Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | West Quarry (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.23 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.5 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 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5807, -2.7192 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
West Quarry grid connection is the 1,765th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,736th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.5 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 | 1,765th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,736th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,405th of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 399 power plants (121 operating, 1,609 MW), 3 CO2 emitters, 2 transmission lines and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Quarry | Power plant | 4.5 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Appley Bridge | Power plant | 4.6 MW | Cancelled | 0.4 km |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 40 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 43 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 44 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- 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
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.