Power plant · High Peak, England, United Kingdom
Arden Quarry Landfill
Arden Quarry Landfill is a power plant in High Peak, England, United Kingdom, with 3.1 MW of capacity, operated by Natural Power.
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 | High Peak (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Arden Quarry Landfill , Oven Hill Road , Birch Vale , Derbyshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2013 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Dec 2002 (permit CON/2002/0026, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by High Peak) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jan 2002 (reference CON/2002/0026, planning authority High Peak) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Dec 2002 (granted, reference CON/2002/0026, planning authority High Peak) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Natural Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3726, -1.9652 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority High Peak, reference CON/2002/0026)
- Permit applied for (planning authority High Peak, reference CON/2002/0026)
How it compares
Arden Quarry Landfill is the 2,520th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,734th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.1 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,520th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,734th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,654th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 432 substations, 378 grid connections (211 operating, 1,902 MW), 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arden Quarry grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| New Mills BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Gowhole | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Land Around Ladypit RD grid connection | Grid connection | 31.6 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| W. Ringby Power BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Ferodo | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| CDL Strata Campus Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Datum Datacentres (MCR2) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.