Granville Ecopark

Granville Ecopark is a 3 MW biomass power plant in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. It is operated by Granville Ecopark. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4,129 homes (estimated). It ranks #1992 of 2,751 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 14.1% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0000301.

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in United Kingdom

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Granville Ecopark.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 28% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 66/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #91 largest biomass power plant of 226 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 226 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 1,584 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Eshmore · Wind · 7 MW · Northern Ireland
• Crockagarron Ext · Wind · 2 MW · Northern Ireland
• Gortfinbar · Wind · 15 MW · Northern Ireland
• Crockagarran · Wind · 15 MW · Northern Ireland
• Inishative · Wind · 14 MW · Northern Ireland
• 14 Tullywiggan Road · Biomass · 1 MW · Northern Ireland

Location

Coordinates 54.491, -6.8121 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.