Power plant · Calderdale, England, United Kingdom
Calderdale Energy Park
Calderdale Energy Park is a planned power plant in Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, with 240 MW of capacity, operated by Calderdale Wind Farm Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Calderdale (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Nov 2026 (ref. EN0110023, The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, November 2026) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Calderdale Wind Farm Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 240 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 37,746 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8025, -2.0539 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Calderdale Energy Park is the 166th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 257th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 240 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 | 166th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 257th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 644th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 429 grid connections (239 operating, 2,203 MW), 215 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind 240 MW grid connection at Calderdale Wind Farm Direct | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Hebden Bridge | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Mytholmroyd | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Hansen Tenement Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 8.4 km |
| Haworth 1 | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Wind 18.63 MW grid connection at Ovenden Moor Windfarm | Grid connection | 18.6 MW | Operating | 9.0 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.