Power plant · West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
New Greenham Park (gasification)
New Greenham Park (gasification) is a cancelled power plant in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 6.3 MW of capacity, operated by Torftech Energy and Greenham Common Community Trust.
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 Berkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Buckner-Croke Way, Greenham Business Park, Greenham, Thatcham, RG19 6HW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Aug 2015 (permit 14/01735/COMIND, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Jul 2014 (reference 14/01735/COMIND, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Aug 2015 (granted, reference 14/01735/COMIND, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Torftech Energy (Greenham Common Community Trust / Torftech Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenham Common Community Trust (Greenham Common Community Trust / Torftech Energy) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.3 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 | 51.3758, -1.2860 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 14/01735/COMIND)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 14/01735/COMIND)
How it compares
New Greenham Park (gasification) is the 1,583rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,510th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.3 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 | 1,583rd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,510th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,051st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 251 grid connections (132 operating, 1,363 MW), 244 substations and 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Limberlost Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| St Johns Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Riverside Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Gas 9.5 MW grid connection at Thatcham | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Thatcham Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Kingsclere Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 23 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Operators and place
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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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.