Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Allerton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD)
Allerton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) is a biomass power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by AmeyCespa.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Allerton Quarry & Landfill, Knaresborough, HG5 | 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 | 2018 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Oct 2012 (permit NY/2011/0328/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 | 12 Oct 2011 (reference NY/2011/0328/ENV, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Oct 2012 (granted, reference NY/2011/0328/ENV, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AmeyCespa | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0335, -1.3774 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference NY/2011/0328/ENV)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference NY/2011/0328/ENV)
How it compares
Allerton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) is the 3,841st-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 5,573rd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 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 | 3,841st of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,573rd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,646th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 289 grid connections (145 operating, 1,445 MW), 245 substations, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 23.7 MW grid connection at Allerton Waste | Grid connection | 23.7 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Waste 3.61 MW grid connection at Coneythorpe | Grid connection | 3.61 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Waste 1.425 MW grid connection at Coneythorpe | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Coneythorpe | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Boroughbridge/Roecliffe Industrial | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Knaresborough | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
More from AmeyCespa
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Other power plants in England
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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.
- 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.