Power plant · Burnley, England, United Kingdom
Rowley
Rowley is a power plant in Burnley, England, United Kingdom, with 1.9 MW of capacity, operated by SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK Limited Head Office.
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 | Burnley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Burnley | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1993 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK Limited Head Office | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7964, -2.2186 | 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 researchHow it compares
Rowley is the 2,935th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,367th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.9 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 2,935th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,367th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,682nd of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 507 substations, 472 grid connections (264 operating, 2,178 MW), 18 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowley III Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Bancroft Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Rowley Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 2.07 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Heasandford | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Athletic St | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Burnley | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Redcentric Elland Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.