Power plant · Sefton, England, United Kingdom
Royal Seaforth Dock, New Jenkins Sheds - Solar Panels
Royal Seaforth Dock, New Jenkins Sheds - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Sefton, England, United Kingdom, with 2.05 MW of capacity, operated by EON UK Heat 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 | Sefton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | New Jenkins Sheds, 2 Royal Seaforth Dock, Bootle, L20 1AH | 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 | 27 Feb 2024 (permit DC/2024/00111, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jan 2024 (reference DC/2024/00111, planning authority Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Feb 2024 (granted, reference DC/2024/00111, planning authority Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EON UK Heat Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.05 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4678, -3.0175 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Sefton, reference DC/2024/00111)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Sefton, reference DC/2024/00111)
How it compares
Royal Seaforth Dock, New Jenkins Sheds - Solar Panels is the 1,433rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,266th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.05 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,433rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,266th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,485th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 208 grid connections (128 operating, 1,197 MW), 180 substations, 9 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Ormskirk | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Scarisbrick | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Landsdale Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Washway Farm / Kirkby GSP | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.