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Thornton Power Station

Thornton Power Station is a 9 MW biomass (dedicated) power station, in North West England, operated by TPS (UK).

Capacity
9 MW
nameplate
Fuel
Biomass
Biomass (dedicated)
Biomass rank
#118
of 584 by capacity
DNO region
North West England

Output

No live feed - Thornton Power Station is distribution-connected (embedded), so the grid operator has no real-time metering of it; this page shows capacity only, honestly. Live output exists only for the 113 transmission-metered plants. What is embedded generation?

Details

Operator
TPS (UK)
Technology
Biomass (dedicated)
Country
England
Coordinates
53.882, -2.998
Data source
DESNZ REPD

Fleet data as of 2026-08-15. See it in context on the station map.