Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Lincoln EFW Power Station
Lincoln EFW Power Station is a power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 16.4 MW of capacity, operated by Lincolnshire County Council.
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 | North Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QZ. | 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 | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Mar 2009 (permit N43\1186\08, 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 | 28 Nov 2008 (reference N43\1186\08, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Mar 2009 (granted, reference N43\1186\08, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lincolnshire County Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16.4 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 | 53.1999, -0.6039 | 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 North Kesteven, reference N43\1186\08)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Kesteven, reference N43\1186\08)
How it compares
Lincoln EFW is the 1,070th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,776th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16.4 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 | 1,070th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,776th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,795th 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: 99 grid connections (49 operating, 802 MW), 48 substations, 3 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 39 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
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.