Power plant · Preston, England, United Kingdom
Red Scar Industrial Estate - EfW Power Station
Red Scar Industrial Estate - EfW Power Station is a cancelled power plant in Preston, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Miller Turner Group.
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 | Preston (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Red Scar Industrial Estate, Longriddge Road, Preston, PR2 5LX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 27 Nov 2019 (permit LCC/2019/0029, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Jun 2019 (reference LCC/2019/0029, planning authority Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Nov 2019 (granted, reference LCC/2019/0029, planning authority Preston) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Miller Turner Group (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7826, -2.6367 | 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 granted (planning authority Preston, reference LCC/2019/0029)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Preston, reference LCC/2019/0029)
How it compares
Red Scar Industrial Estate - EfW is the 532nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 872nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 532nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 872nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,455th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 371 grid connections (201 operating, 1,725 MW), 348 substations, 11 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redscar Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | 42.1 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Red Scar Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Longridge Road Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 50.5 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Ribbleton | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Preston East | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Preston East BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 13 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
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