Power plant · West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Lower Alt Wind Farm
Lower Alt Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, with 42 MW of capacity, operated by ESB Limited and Coriolis Energy.
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 | West Lancashire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land To The West Cabin Lane, Great Altcar, Liverpool, L31 4LT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Dec 2015 (reference 2015/1055/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Nov 2016 (refused, reference 2015/1055/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ESB Limited (Coriolis Energy / ESB) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Coriolis Energy (Coriolis Energy / ESB) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 42 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 12 units (3.5 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5339, -2.9897 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority West Lancashire, reference 2015/1055/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lancashire, reference 2015/1055/FUL)
How it compares
Lower Alt Wind Farm is the 293rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 549th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 42 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 293rd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 549th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,203rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 237 grid connections (145 operating, 1,293 MW), 207 substations, 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 7.7 km |
| Ormskirk | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Scarisbrick | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Landsdale Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 9.4 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Washway Farm / Kirkby GSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 26 km |
Operators and place
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- 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.
- © 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.