Power plant · Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Kronospan Biomass Power Station
Kronospan Biomass Power Station is a cancelled biomass power plant in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, with 9.1 MW of capacity, operated by Kronospan.
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 | Wrexham (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Holyhead Road, Chirk, Wrexham, LL14 5NT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Sept 2012 (permit P/2012/0165, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Mar 2012 (reference P/2012/0165, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Sept 2012 (granted, reference P/2012/0165, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kronospan (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9427, -3.0614 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2012/0165)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2012/0165)
How it compares
Kronospan Biomass is the 178th-largest of 451 power plants in Wales and the 2,557th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 178th of 451 | 16,665 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,557th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,930th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, 3 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Mid Wales Electricity Connection (N Grid) | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 27 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 47 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
More from Kronospan
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- Severn Power Ltd850 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 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.
- 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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