Power plant · Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom
Hoddlesdon Moss Wind Farm
Hoddlesdon Moss Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, with 2.7 MW of capacity, operated by Viridis Wind Turbines.
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 | Blackburn with Darwen (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hoddlesden Moss, Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, BB3 3PP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jun 2016 (reference 10/16/0704, planning authority Blackburn with Darwen) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Apr 2017 (withdrawn, reference 10/16/0704, planning authority Blackburn with Darwen) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Viridis Wind Turbines (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (0.9 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6815, -2.4093 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Blackburn with Darwen, reference 10/16/0704)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Blackburn with Darwen, reference 10/16/0704)
How it compares
Hoddlesdon Moss is the 3,108th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 4,502nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.7 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,108th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,502nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,511th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 457 substations, 454 grid connections (252 operating, 2,234 MW), 18 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Stone Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| India St | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Exchange St | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Lower Eccleshill Road grid connection | Grid connection | 2.55 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Goose House Lane Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 21.2 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Lower Darwen | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 25 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.
- 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.
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