Power plant · East Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

EPR Ely Ltd

EPR Ely Ltd is a biomass power plant in East Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, with 38 MW of capacity, owned by EPR.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	East Cambridgeshire (coordinates), England	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Start year	2001	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Owner	EPR (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner)	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity	38 MW	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Technology	Biomass	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	52.3985, 0.1331	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

EPR Ely Ltd is the 578th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 936th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 38 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	578th of 4,035	134,434 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	936th of 5,834	200,500 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	4,635th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Redcentric Cambridge	Data center	—	—	19 km
Positive Park	Data center	—	—	21 km
West Cambridge Data Centre	Data center	—	—	21 km
Kings Lynn B Connection Project	Transmission line	—	Permitted	39 km

Owner 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.
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.