Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Heckington Fens Wind Farm
Heckington Fens Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 54 MW of capacity, operated by Ecotricity.
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 Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | East Heckington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Feb 2013 (permit S36, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Dec 2009 (reference S36, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Feb 2013 (granted, reference S36, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecotricity (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 54 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 22 units (2.45 MW per unit) | 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 | 53.0019, -0.2281 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority North Kesteven, reference S36)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Kesteven, reference S36)
How it compares
Heckington Fens is the 250th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 450th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 54 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 250th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 450th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,073rd of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 substations, 8 grid connections (7 operating, 46.9 MW), 4 transmission lines and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 7.9 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 10 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 41 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 42 km |
| Walesby | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 45 km |
Operator and place
More from Ecotricity
- Heckington Fen Solar Park500 MW · permitted
- Upper Sonachan Wind Farm64.6 MW
- Dulater Hill Wind Farm57.8 MW
- Inch Moor Wind Farm51.2 MW
- Straid Farm Wind Park36.8 MW
- Stoke Heights Wind Farm30 MW
- California Wind Farm21 MW
- Fen Farm16 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.