Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Land at Lostock Works (Northwich Facility)
Land at Lostock Works (Northwich Facility) is a biomass power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Ørsted.
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 | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Lostock Works, Works Lane, Northwich | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Feb 2016 (permit 15/04133/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Oct 2015 (reference 15/04133/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Feb 2016 (granted, reference 15/04133/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ørsted (Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 53.2646, -2.4796 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 15/04133/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 15/04133/FUL)
How it compares
Land at Lostock Works (Northwich Facility) is the 2,172nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 3,288th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 2,172nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,288th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,910th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 266 substations, 254 grid connections (141 operating, 1,177 MW), 18 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 5.3 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 13 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Rixton Old Hall grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Bowdon | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Woodhouse Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Alderley House grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Altrincham BSP | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.