Power plant · Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Billingham Chemical Works
Billingham Chemical Works is a power plant in Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by O2N Energy LLP.
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 (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Billingham Chemical Works, Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teesside | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2013 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 3 Sept 2010 (permit 10/1464/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 | 4 Jun 2010 (reference 10/1464/EIS, planning authority Stockton-on-Tees) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Sept 2010 (granted, reference 10/1464/EIS, planning authority Stockton-on-Tees) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | O2N Energy LLP (O2N Energy (Billingham) LLP) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 54.5921, -1.2710 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Billingham Chemical Works is the 931st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,630th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 931st of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,630th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,154th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 10/1464/EIS
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 250 grid connections (129 operating, 1,291 MW), 145 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 3 MW grid connection at Lucite | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Waste 10 MW grid connection at Billingham Energy Waste | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Sita IBA Recycling Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| North Tees | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| North Tees T1 T2 | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| North Tees T3 T4 | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.