Power plant · Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Billingham Biomass Power Station
Billingham Biomass Power Station is a cancelled biomass power plant in Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom, with 49.8 MW of capacity, operated by EQTEC.
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 | Stockton-on-Tees (planning authority), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teeside, Cleveland, TS23 1PX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Oct 2009 (permit 09/1562/EIS, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stockton-on-Tees) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Jun 2009 (reference 09/1562/EIS, planning authority Stockton-on-Tees) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Oct 2009 (granted, reference 09/1562/EIS, planning authority Stockton-on-Tees) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EQTEC (EQTEC (Gaia Power), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5890, -1.2581 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Stockton-on-Tees, reference 09/1562/EIS)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stockton-on-Tees, reference 09/1562/EIS)
How it compares
Billingham Biomass Power Station is the 457th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 724th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.8 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 457th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 724th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,963rd of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 248 grid connections (128 operating, 1,288 MW), 145 substations and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tees | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| North Tees T1 T2 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| North Tees T3 T4 | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Sita IBA Recycling Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Sita IBA Recycling Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 20.1 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Sita IBA Recycling Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 23 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.