Power plant · Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Peterborough Energy Park (Green Energy Parks - Gasification)
Peterborough Energy Park (Green Energy Parks - Gasification) is a cancelled power plant in Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, with 81 MW of capacity, operated by Peterborough Renewable 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 | Peterborough (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd, Land off Storey's Bar Road Peterborough, PE1 5YS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Nov 2009 (Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Peterborough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Jan 2009 (planning authority Peterborough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Nov 2009 (granted, planning authority Peterborough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peterborough Renewable Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 81 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 | 52.5784, -0.2035 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Peterborough)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Peterborough)
How it compares
Peterborough Energy Park (Green Energy Parks - Gasification) is the 190th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 308th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 81 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 | 190th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 308th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,845th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 39 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 42 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from Peterborough Renewable Energy
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- 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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