Power plant · Kirklees, England, United Kingdom
Thornhill Power Station
Thornhill Power Station is a gas power plant in Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, owned by Whitetower Energy Ltd.
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 | Kirklees (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 | 1997 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Whitetower Energy Ltd (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 | 40 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (open cycle) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6785, -1.6511 | 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
Thornhill is the 532nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 872nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 532nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 872nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,455th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 544 substations, 534 grid connections (273 operating, 2,619 MW), 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornhill 132kV | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Calder Wharf | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Gas 47.5 MW grid connection at Thornhill Cogen Generation | Grid connection | 47.5 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Park Road | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Solar 1.15 MW grid connection at Park Road | Grid connection | 1.15 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Battery storage 40 MW grid connection at Mirfield BESS | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Redcentric Elland Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Owner and place
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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