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Landfill gas in Great Britain
Engines burning the methane that decomposing landfill produces anyway - turning a potent greenhouse gas into power. Great Britain has 268 operational sites totalling 751 MW.
- Sites
- 268
- Total capacity
- 751 MW
All 268 sites
| # | Station | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | East England | England | |
| 2 | 14 | Viridor | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 3 | 14 | Unknown | East England | England | |
| 4 | 11.6 | Veolia | East England | England | |
| 5 | 11.2 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 6 | 11 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 7 | 11 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 8 | 10.7 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 9 | 8.5 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | East England | England | |
| 10 | 8.5 | Energy Developments (UK) / SITA UK | West Midlands | England | |
| 11 | 8.5 | Biffa | Yorkshire | England | |
| 12 | 8 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | South East England | England | |
| 13 | 7.9 | NOVERA | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 14 | 7.9 | NOVERA | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 15 | 7.5 | Haul Waste Disposal Ltd | South East England | England | |
| 16 | 7.5 | Veolia | South England | England | |
| 17 | 7.4 | CLP Envirogas | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 18 | 7 | Biffa | South Wales | Wales | |
| 19 | 6 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 20 | 6 | Biogas Technologies Limited | South West England | England | |
| 21 | 6 | Waste Recycling Group | South England | England | |
| 22 | 6 | Canford Renewable Energy Ltd | South England | England | |
| 23 | 5.9 | Biffa | North West England | England | |
| 24 | 5.6 | Waste Recycling Group | South England | England | |
| 25 | 5.5 | Haul Waste Disposal Ltd | East England | England | |
| 26 | 5.3 | Biridor Limited | North West England | England | |
| 27 | 5.2 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP Envirogas) | South West England | England | |
| 28 | 5.2 | Biffa | Yorkshire | England | |
| 29 | 5.1 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 30 | 4.9 | NOVERA | East Midlands | England | |
| 31 | 4.5 | Haul Waste Disposal Ltd | East England | England | |
| 32 | 4.5 | ARC Ltd (Greenways Landfill) | South East England | England | |
| 33 | 4.5 | Unknown | North West England | England | |
| 34 | 4.4 | Biogeneration / Biffa | West Midlands | England | |
| 35 | 4.3 | SITA UK | North West England | England | |
| 36 | 4.3 | Stoneyhill Waste Management Ltd | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 37 | 4.1 | Terry Adams Ltd | North West England | England | |
| 38 | 4.1 | Northumberland Waste Management / SITA UK | North East England | England | |
| 39 | 4 | Shanks Avondale | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 40 | 4 | South Wales Power Ltd | South Wales | Wales | |
| 41 | 4 | Thames Waste Management | South England | England | |
| 42 | 4 | Natural Power / SITA UK | North West England | England | |
| 43 | 4 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 44 | 3.9 | Cory Environmental | East England | England | |
| 45 | 3.9 | Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd | East England | England | |
| 46 | 3.9 | Graveson Energy Management | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 47 | 3.9 | Cory Environmental | East England | England | |
| 48 | 3.9 | Natural Power | Yorkshire | England | |
| 49 | 3.9 | Cleanaway / EDL | East England | England | |
| 50 | 3.8 | SITA UK | North East England | England | |
| 51 | 3.8 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | East England | England | |
| 52 | 3.8 | Durham County Waste Management Company | North East England | England | |
| 53 | 3.8 | Humberside Wastewise Ltd / Coal Products Limited | Yorkshire | England | |
| 54 | 3.7 | Biffa | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 55 | 3.5 | Viridor | South England | England | |
| 56 | 3.5 | ONYX LANDFILL LTD | South England | England | |
| 57 | 3.4 | Severn Waste | West Midlands | England | |
| 58 | 3.3 | SITA UK / Natural Power | North West England | England | |
| 59 | 3.2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Wales | Wales | |
| 60 | 3.1 | Natural Power | North West England | England | |
| 61 | 3 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) / SITA UK | South England | England | |
| 62 | 3 | Biffa | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 63 | 3 | NORWEB Generation Limited | North West England | England | |
| 64 | 3 | HILLS MINERALS & WASTE LTD | South England | England | |
| 65 | 3 | Garlaff Energy Ltd | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 66 | 3 | Natural Power / SITA UK | East England | England | |
| 67 | 3 | Biffa | North East England | England | |
| 68 | 3 | Summerleaze | East Midlands | England | |
| 69 | 3 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 70 | 3 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 71 | 3 | FCC Environment | North West England | England | |
| 72 | 3 | Waste Notts Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 73 | 3 | East Midlands Electricity Generation | South West England | England | |
| 74 | 2.9 | ONYX LANDFILL LTD | West Midlands | England | |
| 75 | 2.9 | FCC Environment | Yorkshire | England | |
| 76 | 2.9 | Biffa | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 77 | 2.9 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | Wales | |
| 78 | 2.9 | ONYX | North West England | England | |
| 79 | 2.9 | Renewable Power Systems | South England | England | |
| 80 | 2.8 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 81 | 2.8 | Veolia | South England | England | |
| 82 | 2.8 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 83 | 2.7 | Ex Waste Ltd/Combined Landfill Projects Ltd (CLP) | East England | England | |
| 84 | 2.7 | Natural Power | Yorkshire | England | |
| 85 | 2.7 | NOVERA | South Wales | Wales | |
| 86 | 2.7 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 87 | 2.7 | SITA UK | East Midlands | England | |
| 88 | 2.7 | Thames Waste Management | South England | England | |
| 89 | 2.7 | NOVERA | South Wales | Wales | |
| 90 | 2.6 | Colsterworth Energy Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 91 | 2.6 | Biogas Technology Ltd and Avon CC | West Midlands | England | |
| 92 | 2.6 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | East England | England | |
| 93 | 2.6 | Hertfordshire County Council | East England | England | |
| 94 | 2.5 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 95 | 2.5 | RMC Aggregates | East England | England | |
| 96 | 2.4 | Cory Environmental | East England | England | |
| 97 | 2.4 | Natural Power | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 98 | 2.4 | Biffa | South England | England | |
| 99 | 2.4 | Yorwaste /Biogas | North East England | England | |
| 100 | 2.4 | ARC / Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 101 | 2.4 | Associated Energy Projects plc | South England | England | |
| 102 | 2.4 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | South West England | England | |
| 103 | 2.4 | Nene Valley Waste Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 104 | 2.4 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD | East Midlands | England | |
| 105 | 2.4 | Unknown | South Wales | Wales | |
| 106 | 2.3 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 107 | 2.3 | Natural Power | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 108 | 2.3 | Bidston Methane Ltd | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 109 | 2.3 | LAFARGE REDLANDS AGGREGATES LTD | East Midlands | England | |
| 110 | 2.3 | NOVERA | South England | England | |
| 111 | 2.3 | SITA UK | North East England | England | |
| 112 | 2.3 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | Wales | |
| 113 | 2.3 | Aveley Methane Ltd | East England | England | |
| 114 | 2.3 | Unknown | North West England | England | |
| 115 | 2.2 | Waste Recycling Group | North West England | England | |
| 116 | 2.2 | FCC Environment | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 117 | 2.2 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 118 | 2.2 | Natural Power | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 119 | 2.2 | Natural Power | South Wales | Wales | |
| 120 | 2.2 | Viridor | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 121 | 2.2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 122 | 2.2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 123 | 2.2 | Haul Waste Limited | South West England | England | |
| 124 | 2.2 | Waste Recycling Group | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 125 | 2.1 | Auchencarroch Energy Ltd / CLP | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 126 | 2.1 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 127 | 2.1 | FCC Environment | North West England | England | |
| 128 | 2.1 | Biffa | North West England | England | |
| 129 | 2.1 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | Wales | |
| 130 | 2.1 | DARRINGTON QUARRIES LTD | Yorkshire | England | |
| 131 | 2.1 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 132 | 2 | Auchencarroch Energy Ltd/CLP | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 133 | 2 | Neath Port Talbot Waste Management Co Ltd | South Wales | Wales | |
| 134 | 2 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 135 | 2 | HILLS MINERALS & WASTE LTD | South England | England | |
| 136 | 2 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | East England | England | |
| 137 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group / NOVERA / Amber | North West England | England | |
| 138 | 2 | DEVON WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | South West England | England | |
| 139 | 2 | CAIRD ENVIRONMENTAL LTD | North West England | England | |
| 140 | 2 | Renewable Power Systems | South Wales | Wales | |
| 141 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 142 | 2 | NOVERA | East Midlands | England | |
| 143 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 144 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 145 | 2 | Viridor | South West England | England | |
| 146 | 2 | Haul Waste Limited | South East England | England | |
| 147 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 148 | 2 | Natural Power | East Midlands | England | |
| 149 | 2 | Fife Council | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 150 | 2 | Natural Power | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 151 | 2 | Unknown | North West England | England | |
| 152 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 153 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 154 | 2 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 155 | 2 | DURHAM COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | North East England | England | |
| 156 | 2 | DURHAM COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | North East England | England | |
| 157 | 2 | Biffa | North West England | England | |
| 158 | 2 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD/Cleanaway | West Midlands | England | |
| 159 | 2 | Yorwaste | Yorkshire | England | |
| 160 | 2 | Unknown | South West England | England | |
| 161 | 2 | Natural Power | East England | England | |
| 162 | 2 | Vivid Waste Management | East Midlands | England | |
| 163 | 2 | Viridor | East Midlands | England | |
| 164 | 1.9 | SITA UK / Natural Power | North Scotland | Scotland | |
| 165 | 1.9 | SITA UK / Natural Power | North East England | England | |
| 166 | 1.9 | Biffa | South England | England | |
| 167 | 1.9 | Gengas Ltd | South England | England | |
| 168 | 1.9 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 169 | 1.9 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 170 | 1.9 | Waste Recycling Group | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 171 | 1.9 | Renewable Power Systems | South England | England | |
| 172 | 1.9 | Unknown | North West England | England | |
| 173 | 1.9 | SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK Limited Head Office | North West England | England | |
| 174 | 1.9 | ALCO WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | North West England | England | |
| 175 | 1.9 | Brett Waste Management Ltd | South East England | England | |
| 176 | 1.9 | Warren Energy Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 177 | 1.8 | Haul Waste Limited | South England | England | |
| 178 | 1.8 | Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 179 | 1.8 | DEVON WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD | South West England | England | |
| 180 | 1.8 | Thomas Graveson Ltd | North West England | England | |
| 181 | 1.8 | Waste Recycling Group | West Midlands | England | |
| 182 | 1.8 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | East England | England | |
| 183 | 1.8 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 184 | 1.8 | Biogeneration / Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 185 | 1.8 | Biogeneration / Biffa | East Midlands | England | |
| 186 | 1.8 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | North West England | England | |
| 187 | 1.8 | SITA UK | North West England | England | |
| 188 | 1.6 | Natural Power | East Midlands | England | |
| 189 | 1.6 | Waste Recycling Group | North West England | England | |
| 190 | 1.6 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 191 | 1.6 | Waste Recycling Group | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 192 | 1.6 | Redland Aggregates Ltd / Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | East Midlands | England | |
| 193 | 1.6 | Unknown | North West England | England | |
| 194 | 1.6 | Thomas Graveson Ltd | South West England | England | |
| 195 | 1.6 | Biffa | West Midlands | England | |
| 196 | 1.5 | SITA UK | South East England | England | |
| 197 | 1.5 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | East England | England | |
| 198 | 1.5 | SITA UK | North East England | England | |
| 199 | 1.5 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | South England | England | |
| 200 | 1.5 | Biffa | East England | England | |
| 201 | 1.5 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | East England | England | |
| 202 | 1.5 | Biffa | South England | England | |
| 203 | 1.4 | Waste Recycling Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 204 | 1.4 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | South West England | England | |
| 205 | 1.4 | Shanks Group | East England | England | |
| 206 | 1.4 | Biogas Technology Ltd/Natural Power | West Midlands | England | |
| 207 | 1.4 | Biffa | North Wales & Merseyside | England | |
| 208 | 1.4 | LIDSEY LANDFILL LTD | South England | England | |
| 209 | 1.4 | NOVERA | South Wales | Wales | |
| 210 | 1.4 | ONYX | South England | England | |
| 211 | 1.3 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | East England | England | |
| 212 | 1.3 | SITA UK / Natural Power | West Midlands | England | |
| 213 | 1.3 | Renewable Power Systems | East Midlands | England | |
| 214 | 1.3 | Barr Environmental / CLP | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 215 | 1.3 | Thomas Graveson Ltd | West Midlands | England | |
| 216 | 1.3 | Redland Aggregates Ltd (Lafarge Redland) | East England | England | |
| 217 | 1.3 | Yorwaste | North East England | England | |
| 218 | 1.3 | East Midlands Electricity Generation | East Midlands | England | |
| 219 | 1.3 | SITA UK | North West England | England | |
| 220 | 1.2 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 221 | 1.2 | William Tracey Ltd | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 222 | 1.2 | Waste Recycling Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 223 | 1.2 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | East England | England | |
| 224 | 1.2 | Yorkshire Environmental Solutions / Waste Recycling Group | East Midlands | England | |
| 225 | 1.2 | Greenways | East Midlands | England | |
| 226 | 1.2 | Gengas Ltd | East England | England | |
| 227 | 1.2 | Hampshire Waste Services/ ONYX / Power Plant Services | South England | England | |
| 228 | 1.2 | ARC Ltd (Greenways Landfill)/ Waste Recycling Group plc | South East England | England | |
| 229 | 1.2 | Coal Products Ltd Energy | Yorkshire | England | |
| 230 | 1.2 | SITA UK | South England | England | |
| 231 | 1.2 | Renewable Power Generation Ltd | South Wales | Wales | |
| 232 | 1.2 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) | North West England | England | |
| 233 | 1.1 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 234 | 1.1 | SITA UK | East Midlands | England | |
| 235 | 1.1 | SITA UK | East Midlands | England | |
| 236 | 1.1 | Waste Recycling Group | Yorkshire | England | |
| 237 | 1.1 | CLP and Briagas | North East England | England | |
| 238 | 1.1 | Biffa | East England | England | |
| 239 | 1.1 | Haul Waste Disposal Ltd | South England | England | |
| 240 | 1.1 | Biffa | South England | England | |
| 241 | 1 | Bidston Methane | North West England | England | |
| 242 | 1 | Hanson Brick Ltd | South East England | England | |
| 243 | 1 | Natural Power | North East England | England | |
| 244 | 1 | Biffa | North West England | England | |
| 245 | 1 | County Environmental Services | South West England | England | |
| 246 | 1 | Combined Landfill Projects (CLP Envirogas) | East England | England | |
| 247 | 1 | Farley Engineering/ Kent Weald Properties/Cleanaway | South East England | England | |
| 248 | 1 | Npower | West Midlands | England | |
| 249 | 1 | Natural Power | North West England | England | |
| 250 | 1 | Natural Power | North West England | England | |
| 251 | 1 | Highfield Environmental | North East England | England | |
| 252 | 1 | Winerton Power Ltd | Yorkshire | England | |
| 253 | 1 | Hales Waste Control Ltd | East Midlands | England | |
| 254 | 1 | Fife Council | South Scotland | Scotland | |
| 255 | 1 | Ylem Energy Limited | North East England | England | |
| 256 | 1 | Waste Recycling Group | East England | England | |
| 257 | 1 | SITA UK | North East England | England | |
| 258 | 1 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 259 | 1 | CLP | North East England | England | |
| 260 | 1 | Natural Power | North East England | England | |
| 261 | 1 | Yorwaste | North East England | England | |
| 262 | 1 | Biffa | South East England | England | |
| 263 | 1 | ONYX LANDFILL LTD | Yorkshire | England | |
| 264 | 1 | Viridor | South England | England | |
| 265 | 1 | Biffa | East Midlands | England | |
| 266 | 1 | Leigh Environmental | South England | England | |
| 267 | 1 | Summerleaze | South England | England | |
| 268 | 1 | Biffa | East Midlands | England |