Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility
BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility is a permitted power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 34 MW of capacity, operated by BH Energy Gap Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Nw/O Sandall Stones Road, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster, DN3 1RW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Aug 2022 (permit 20/01774/TIPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Aug 2020 (reference 20/01774/TIPA, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Aug 2022 (granted, reference 20/01774/TIPA, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BH Energy Gap Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 34 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5614, -1.0761 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Doncaster, reference 20/01774/TIPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Doncaster, reference 20/01774/TIPA)
How it compares
BH Energy Gap - Energy Recovery Facility is the 964th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,528th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 34 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 964th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,528th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,857th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 405 grid connections (210 operating, 2,225 MW), 318 substations, 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Sandall | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Rockware | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Waste 5 MW grid connection at Armthorpe | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Markham Gates | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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