Power plant · St. Helens, England, United Kingdom
Burtonhead Road
Burtonhead Road is a cancelled power plant in St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Tiger 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 | St. Helens (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land To South Of Dma Ltd, Burtonhead Road, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5DS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Oct 2017 (reference P/2017/0822/FUL, planning authority St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tiger Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4443, -2.7344 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Burtonhead Road is the 386th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 727th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 386th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 727th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,781st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 340 grid connections (189 operating, 1,739 MW), 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 6.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 30 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 38 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- 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.