Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Docksway Landfill Scheme
Docksway Landfill Scheme is a power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Power 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 | Newport (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Newport | 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 | 2000 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 May 1999 (permit 99/0337, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Mar 1999 (reference 99/0337, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 May 1999 (granted, reference 99/0337, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Power Systems | 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 | 51.5627, -3.0014 | 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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Docksway Landfill Scheme is the 371st-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 4,162nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 371st of 424 | 9,068 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,162nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,416th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 99/0337
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 334 grid connections, 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport, Docksway Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Newport, Docks Way, Newport NP20 2NY grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Newport Associated British Ports grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 37 km |
Operator 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.