Power plant · Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom
Roosecote Biomass
Roosecote Biomass is a cancelled power plant in Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom, with 80 MW of capacity, operated by Centrica.
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 | Westmorland and Furness (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Roosecote near Barrowin- Furness, Cumbria. Roosecote | 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| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Dec 2012 (withdrawn, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Centrica | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 80 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 | 54.1062, -3.1864 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)
How it compares
Roosecote Biomass is the 106th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 192nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 80 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 | 106th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 192nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,373rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 143 grid connections (79 operating, 1,123 MW), 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosecote LDES Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Roosecote BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Barrow WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.34 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Sandgate | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Barrow | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Barrow & Sandgate BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 26 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 38 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 38 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.