Power plant · Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Stoke-on-Trent EfW
Stoke-on-Trent EfW is a power plant in Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom, with 14.2 MW of capacity, operated by MES Environmental.
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 | Stoke-on-Trent (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Stoke-on-Trent Waste Incinerator Plant, Campbell Road, Sideway, Stoke on Trent Staffordshire | 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 | 1998 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Apr 1995 (Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Dec 1994 (planning authority Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Apr 1995 (granted, planning authority Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | MES Environmental (MES Environmental (CNIM Group)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.2 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 | 52.9894, -2.1803 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Stoke-on-Trent)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stoke-on-Trent)
How it compares
Stoke-on-Trent EfW is the 835th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,487th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14.2 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 | 835th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,487th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,445th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 63 grid connections (34 operating, 264 MW), 59 substations, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 31 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.
- © 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.