Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Whitehead Landfill Site grid connection
Whitehead Landfill Site grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 3.3 MW of capacity, held by Viridor 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | WHITEHEAD LANDFILL SITE grid connection | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Hill Top T11 & T12) | 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 | Viridor Waste Management Limited | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Hill Top T11 & T12 (via a primary substation) | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Whitehead Landfill (matched by name+coordinates+technology, 1.8 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.3 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 Jun 2006 | 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 | 53.5047, -2.4282 | SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · 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.
- Commissioned: Whitehead Landfill
- Permit granted: Whitehead Landfill (planning authority Wigan, reference A/02/55506)
- Permit applied for: Whitehead Landfill (planning authority Wigan, reference A/02/55506)
How it compares
Whitehead Landfill Site grid connection is the 1,970th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 3,027th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.3 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 | 1,970th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,027th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 7,021st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 406 power plants (125 operating, 1,420 MW), 384 substations, 20 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Landfill | Power plant | 5.3 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Whitehead Landfill 2 | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Solar Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Little Hulton | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Hill Top T11 & T12 | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Hill Top T13 | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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