Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Poplar Farm, Lowfields - Biomass Boiler
Poplar Farm, Lowfields - Biomass Boiler is a permitted power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, operated by G E Porter & Sons Limited.
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 | North Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Poplar Farm Lowfields Navenby Lincoln, LN5 0LN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Oct 2022 (permit 22/1199/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Aug 2022 (reference 22/1199/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Oct 2022 (granted, reference 22/1199/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | G E Porter & Sons Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1144, -0.5894 | 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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Poplar Farm, Lowfields - Biomass Boiler is the 1,910th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,895th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,910th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,895th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,111th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 260 grid connections (15 operating, 233 MW), 20 substations, 4 transmission lines and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248MW Lincoln Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Hilltop Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Lincolnshire Energy From Waste Facility grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.