Power plant · Wirral, England, United Kingdom
Britannia House
Britannia House is a cancelled power plant in Wirral, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Peel Energy.
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 | Wirral (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Adjacent to Britannia Hou, Dock Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 1DF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Dec 2017 (permit APP/17/01190, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wirral) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Sept 2017 (reference APP/17/01190, planning authority Wirral) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Dec 2017 (granted, reference APP/17/01190, planning authority Wirral) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peel Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with fossil fuel plant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4086, -3.0458 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Britannia House is the 1,102nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,838th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,102nd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,838th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,057th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 155 grid connections (91 operating, 915 MW), 7 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| Pimbo Road grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 40 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 44 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 45 km |
Operator and place
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.