Power plant · Runnymede, England, United Kingdom
Norlands Lane Landfill Site Power Station
Norlands Lane Landfill Site Power Station is a biomass power plant in Runnymede, England, United Kingdom, with 2.7 MW of capacity, operated by Thames Waste Management.
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 | Runnymede (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Norlands Lane , Thorpe , Egham , Surrey | 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 | 1997 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jun 1997 (Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Runnymede) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Mar 1997 (planning authority Runnymede) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jun 1997 (granted, planning authority Runnymede) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thames Waste Management | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4156, -0.5243 | 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 Runnymede)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Runnymede)
How it compares
Norlands Lane Landfill Site is the 3,108th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 4,502nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.7 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 | 3,108th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,502nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,511th 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: 194 substations, 154 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 127 grid connections (69 operating, 766 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 3.325 MW grid connection at Causeway | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Causeway Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Egham Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Sidney Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Ready - 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| Serverfarm LON1 – London Data Center | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Ark Data Centres - Longcross Park | Data center | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Redcentric Byfleet | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
Operator and place
More from Thames Waste Management
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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.
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