Power plant · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Eastcroft EfW (3rd Line)
Eastcroft EfW (3rd Line) is a permitted power plant in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by FCC Environment.
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 | Nottingham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Eastcroft Energy From Waste Fa, Incinerator Road, Nottingham | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 Jan 2016 (permit 15/02548/PMFUL3, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Oct 2015 (reference 15/02548/PMFUL3, planning authority Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jan 2016 (granted, reference 15/02548/PMFUL3, planning authority Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FCC Environment | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9467, -1.1321 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Nottingham, reference 15/02548/PMFUL3)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Nottingham, reference 15/02548/PMFUL3)
How it compares
Eastcroft EfW (3rd Line) is the 1,756th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,687th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,756th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,687th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,853rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 grid connections (8 operating, 95.4 MW), 14 substations, 6 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 7.5 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Wind 20.22 MW grid connection at Pennyhill Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.2 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Kiveton Park | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Wind 4.5 MW grid connection at Kiveton Park | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Operating | 44 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
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