Power plant · Wyre, England, United Kingdom
Hillhouse Business Park - Thornton Energy Recovery Centre
Hillhouse Business Park - Thornton Energy Recovery Centre is a planned power plant in Wyre, England, United Kingdom, with 9.28 MW of capacity, operated by Sesona Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wyre (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hillhouse Business ParkHillhouse Business Park, FY5 4QD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Feb 2023 (reference LCC/2023/0003, planning authority Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sesona Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.28 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 | 53.8849, -2.9995 | 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.
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Wyre, reference LCC/2023/0003)
How it compares
Hillhouse Business Park - Thornton Energy Recovery Centre is the 1,510th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,338th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.28 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 | 1,510th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,338th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,430th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 235 grid connections (127 operating, 1,434 MW), 154 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhouse International Site grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Thornton BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Hillhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Hillhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Thornton | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Cleveleys | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 13 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.