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Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP

Waste power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 52.1926, -0.4911.

WasteEnglandUnited Kingdom

Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP is a 3 MW waste power plant in England, United Kingdom. It is operated by Growing Beds / Bioflame. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 4.7k homes (estimated). It ranks #2048 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

3Legacy source-record capacity
4,680homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0000986.

Data status

Known data

FacilityTwinwoods Heat & Power CHP WRI
CountryUnited Kingdom · England WRI
Coordinates52.1926, -0.4911 WRI
FuelWaste WRI
MW installed capacity3 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerGrowing Beds / Bioflame WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#2048 of 2860 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#110 of 329 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.48× · 2 MW median · 329 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent4,680 calculated
Climate9.6°C · HDD 3,048 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 26/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 3 MW, Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP is well above the median waste plant in United Kingdom (2 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest waste plants in United Kingdom

Runcorn EfW: 81 MW81Runcorn EfWRiverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF): 72 MW72Riverside …Edmonton: 60 MW60EdmontonAllington EFW: 51 MW51Allington …Fibrepower Slough: 50 MW50Fibrepower…K3 CHP Facility (Kemsley EfW): 50 MW50K3 CHP Fac…Wilton 11 EfW: 49 MW49Wilton 11 …Lakeside EfW: 37 MW37Lakeside E…

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

Owner

Operated by Growing Beds / Bioflame.

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.6°Cannual mean temp
3,048heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
52 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 7 °CND: 5 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 24% 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: 64/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
26/100environmental-severity index
13.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
108 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #110 largest waste power plant of 329 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 329 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 1,886 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.1926, -0.4911 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP?

Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP is a 3 MW source-record waste power plant in England, United Kingdom.

How many homes can Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 4,680 homes (estimated).

Who operates Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP?

Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP is operated by Growing Beds / Bioflame.

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