Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Land to the South of Knapton Quarry Landfill Site
Land to the South of Knapton Quarry Landfill Site is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 9.9 MW of capacity, operated by Third Energy and Knapton Green Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Landfill Site Knapton Quarry, East Knapton, Malton, YO17 8JA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Aug 2018 (permit NY/2016/0194/ENV, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Nov 2016 (ref. NY/2016/0194/ENV, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Aug 2018 (granted, ref. NY/2016/0194/ENV, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Third Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Knapton Green Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1644, -0.6374 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Land to the South of Knapton Quarry Landfill Site is the 1,502nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,317th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.9 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 | 1,502nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,317th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,409th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 144 grid connections (69 operating, 914 MW), 74 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 114 MW grid connection at Knapton Generation Direct | Grid connection | 114 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Knapton Hybrid grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Yedingham | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 71.3 MW grid connection at Carr House | Grid connection | 71.3 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Malton Grid | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Thornton Dale | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 43 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.