Runcorn Energy from Waste
Runcorn Energy from Waste is a 91 MW energy-from-waste plant in North West England, operated by Viridor Waste Management. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Bioenergy
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 91 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Bioenergy
- Operator
- Viridor Waste Management
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- WA7 4HG
- Coordinates
- 53.3257, -2.7524
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Runcorn Energy from Waste compares
Energy-from-waste plants burn residual household and commercial waste that cannot be recycled, using the heat to generate electricity and sometimes heat for nearby buildings.
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- Pilkington Β· 2.3 MW solar farm27.9 km
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Runcorn EfW
- Developer / operator
- INEOS Chlor / Viridor-Laing
- Planning authority
- Halton
- Application submitted
- 19 January 2007
- Permission granted
- 16 September 2008
- Construction started
- 8 June 2009
- Began operating
- 8 June 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 100 MW
- Address
- Picow Farm, Weston Point, in Runcorn, Cheshire, Cheshire
- REPD reference
- 932
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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