Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Elsham Wind Farm
Elsham Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Powergen.
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 Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of Elsham Industrial Estate | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Aug 2004 (reference WF/2004/1414, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Nov 2006 (appeal refused, reference WF/2004/1414, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jun 2005 (refused, reference WF/2004/1414, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Powergen (applicant) | 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 |
| Units | 15 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6161, -0.3982 | 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 refused (appeal refused, planning authority North Lincolnshire, reference WF/2004/1414)
- Permit refused (planning authority North Lincolnshire, reference WF/2004/1414)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lincolnshire, reference WF/2004/1414)
How it compares
Elsham Wind Farm is the 649th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,074th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 649th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,074th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,217th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 288 grid connections (148 operating, 2,265 MW), 137 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BESS, Bemis Elsham Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Gas 3.5 MW grid connection at Wrawby | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Waste 4 MW grid connection at Wrawby | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Wrawby | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Barrow | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Pasture Road South | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 21 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 30 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.