Power plant · West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Hemswell Biogas, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate - Anaerobic Digestion
Hemswell Biogas, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate - Anaerobic Digestion is a permitted power plant in West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Lindsey (coordinates), England | 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 | 4 Jun 2024 (permit PL/0100/22, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Dec 2022 (reference PL/0100/22, planning authority West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Jun 2024 (granted, reference PL/0100/22, planning authority West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4029, -0.5733 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Hemswell Biogas, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate - Anaerobic Digestion is the 1,576th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,433rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,576th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,433rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,556th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 274 grid connections (138 operating, 2,030 MW), 137 substations, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass 1.8 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Gas 1.1 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Generation 1.1 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Hibaldstow | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Place
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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.
- 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.
- 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.