Power plant · Rossendale, England, United Kingdom
Hogshead Wind Farm
Hogshead Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in Rossendale, England, United Kingdom, with 7.1 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems.
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 | Rossendale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bacup Lancashire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | 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 | 1 Jun 1999 (planning authority Rossendale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Feb 2000 (refused, planning authority Rossendale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems (Renewable Energy Systems (RES)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.1 MW | 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 | 53.6970, -2.1621 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Rossendale)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rossendale)
How it compares
Hogshead Wind Farm is the 1,475th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,356th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.1 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 | 1,475th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,356th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,849th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 527 substations, 461 grid connections (261 operating, 2,239 MW), 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reaps Moss Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10.7 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Limers Gate grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Park Road BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Wesley Place Bacup | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Whitworth | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Todmorden | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Redcentric Elland Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 22 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.