Power plant · Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Greenhill Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Greenhill Anaerobic Digestion Plant is a biomass power plant in Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Black Dog Biogas.
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 | Isle of Wight (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Stag Lane Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Stag Lane, Newport, PO30 5TS | 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 | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 May 2013 (permit P/01378/12, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Sept 2012 (reference P/01378/12, planning authority Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 May 2013 (granted, reference P/01378/12, planning authority Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Black Dog Biogas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7221, -1.2867 | 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 Isle of Wight, reference P/01378/12)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Isle of Wight, reference P/01378/12)
How it compares
Greenhill Anaerobic Digestion Plant is the 2,019th-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 2,833rd-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 105,383 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 | 2,019th of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,833rd of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,091st of 12,230 | 1,691,896 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: 178 grid connections (103 operating, 889 MW), 146 substations, 8 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlee Farm PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 6.55 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Werrar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Solar 3.325 MW grid connection at COWES | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Newport Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Cowes BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Wootton Common BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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