Power plant · Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom
Lowick Beacon
Lowick Beacon is a cancelled power plant in Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom, with 4.2 MW of capacity, operated by Ecotricity.
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 | Westmorland and Furness (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lowick Beacon (village common) | 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 | 29 Aug 2000 (reference 5/00/2278, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Mar 2001 (refused, reference 5/00/2278, planning authority Westmorland and Furness) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecotricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (1.4 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 | 54.2477, -3.0930 | 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 Westmorland and Furness, reference 5/00/2278)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Westmorland and Furness, reference 5/00/2278)
How it compares
Lowick Beacon is the 2,319th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,459th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.2 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 | 2,319th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,459th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,217th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 135 grid connections (75 operating, 1,059 MW), 74 substations, 1 gas storage facility and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny Bridge Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Kirkby Moor | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Kirkby Moor Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.8 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Mean Moor Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.9 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Haverthwaite | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Ulverston | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 39 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Ecotricity
- Heckington Fen Solar Park500 MW
- Upper Sonachan Wind Farm64.6 MW
- Dulater Hill Wind Farm57.8 MW
- Heckington Fens54 MW
- Inch Moor Wind Farm51.2 MW
- Straid Farm Wind Park36.8 MW
- Stoke Heights Wind Farm30 MW
- California Wind Farm21 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- 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.