Power plant · Halton, England, United Kingdom
Runcorn Energy from Waste Power Station
Runcorn Energy from Waste Power Station is a power plant in Halton, England, United Kingdom, with 83 MW of capacity, owned by Viridor Waste Management 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 | Halton (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2014 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Viridor Waste Management Limited (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 83 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | MSW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3295, -2.7534 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Runcorn Energy from Waste is the 189th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 303rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 83 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 | 189th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 303rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,826th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 264 substations, 260 grid connections (148 operating, 1,292 MW), 18 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Parkside Railway Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
Owner and place
More from Viridor Waste Management Limited
- Grangetown Prairie - Energy Recovery Facility, Option 135.5 MW
- Ardley EFW Generation grid connection24.7 MW
- Raikes Lane Incinerator grid connection11.7 MW
- Moss Hall Lane Generator grid connection4.5 MW
- Pilsworth Power Plant grid connection4.12 MW
- Viridor Waste Management grid connection3.8 MW
- Pilsworth Landfill Site grid connection3.45 MW
- Waste 3.325 MW grid connection at Causeway3.33 MW
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. 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.
- © 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.
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