Power plant · Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Port Of Heysham Wind Farm
Port Of Heysham Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, with 9 MW of capacity, operated by Peel 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 | Lancaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Heysham Port North Quay Heysham Harbour Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2XF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Sept 2011 (reference 11/00816/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Oct 2013 (withdrawn, reference 11/00816/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peel Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units (3 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0365, -2.9164 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Lancaster, reference 11/00816/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Lancaster, reference 11/00816/FUL)
How it compares
Port Of Heysham Wind Farm is the 1,248th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,052nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9 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 | 1,248th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,052nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,445th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 195 grid connections (107 operating, 1,261 MW), 137 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Power Variation grid connection | Grid connection | 75 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Heysham GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Borrans Lane BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Middleton Clean grid connection | Grid connection | 50.5 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Trimpell BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Westgate | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 15 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
Operator 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.