Power plant · Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Langthwaite Road - Gas Powered Engine
Langthwaite Road - Gas Powered Engine is a planned power plant in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, with 1.84 MW of capacity, operated by Ameresco Limited.
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 | Wakefield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 18 To 20 (J Marr Limited) Langthwaite Road Langthwaite Grange Ind Est South Kirkby Pontefract, WF9 3AP | 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 | 21 Jan 2021 (reference 21/00703/FUL, planning authority Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ameresco Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.84 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5887, -1.3060 | 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 researchHow it compares
Langthwaite Road - Gas Powered Engine is the 1,884th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,865th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.84 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 | 1,884th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,865th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,071st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 412 grid connections (213 operating, 2,282 MW), 371 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.84 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 1.84 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Biomass 2.4 MW grid connection at South Kirkby | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| South Elmsall | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| South Kirkby | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Solar 3.6 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 3.6 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Hickleton | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and 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.