Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Brixworth Landfill, Scaldwell Road - Solar Array & Battery Storage
Brixworth Landfill, Scaldwell Road - Solar Array & Battery Storage is a planned power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 5.6 MW of capacity, operated by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Brixworth Landfill Site Scaldwell Road Brixworth, NN6 9YE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Oct 2025 (ref. 2025/4312/MAF, West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3321, -0.8870 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Brixworth Landfill, Scaldwell Road - Solar Array & Battery Storage is the 1,600th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,470th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,600th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,470th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,596th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 278 grid connections (1 operating, 4.75 MW) and 4 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Pitsford WTW grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Sywell PV grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Bicester North Primary | Substation | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
More from SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Limited
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- Waste 3.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross3.7 MW
- Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross1.7 MW
- Waste 1.398 MW grid connection at Eastleigh North1.4 MW
- Waste 1.235 MW grid connection at Tongham1.24 MW
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.