Power plant · Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park is a power plant in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, operated by AmeyCespa.
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 | Milton Keynes (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Dickens Road, Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5QQ | 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 | 2018 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Jul 2013 (permit 13/00861/FULEIS, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Apr 2013 (reference 13/00861/FULEIS, planning authority Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jul 2013 (granted, reference 13/00861/FULEIS, planning authority Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AmeyCespa | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0677, -0.8118 | 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 Milton Keynes, reference 13/00861/FULEIS)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Milton Keynes, reference 13/00861/FULEIS)
How it compares
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park is the 1,879th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 2,889th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 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 | 1,879th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,889th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,368th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 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: 46 grid connections (17 operating, 135 MW), 39 substations and 14 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 26 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
More from AmeyCespa
- Allerton Waste Recovery Park (EfW)27 MW
- Isle of Wight Waste Recovery Park3.3 MW · under construction
- Allerton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD)1.1 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.
- © 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.
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