Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Weston Landfill Site Power Station
Weston Landfill Site Power Station is a biomass power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, operated by Vivid Waste Management.
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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Weston Landfill, South of Northampton, (M1 J16) | 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 | 2003 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Vivid Waste Management | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2249, -1.0163 | 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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How it compares
Weston Landfill Site is the 3,285th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 4,813th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 3,285th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,813th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,300th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 24 grid connections (12 operating, 98.1 MW), 11 substations and 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Tritax Symmetry Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
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