Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Chilton Energy Plant
Chilton Energy Plant is a biomass power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, operated by Dalkia.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Chilton Industrial Estate, Chilton, Ferryhill, | 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 | 2012 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 24 Nov 2009 (permit 7/2008/0522/DM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Sept 2008 (reference 7/2008/0522/DM, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Nov 2009 (granted, reference 7/2008/0522/DM, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dalkia | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 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 | 54.6691, -1.5635 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority County Durham, reference 7/2008/0522/DM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference 7/2008/0522/DM)
How it compares
Chilton Energy Plant is the 1,000th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,671st-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 1,000th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,671st of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,990th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 275 grid connections (139 operating, 1,306 MW), 163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass 15.794 MW grid connection at Chilton Generation | Grid connection | 15.8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Low Spennymoor | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at The Tavern BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Battery storage 104.4 MW grid connection at Thinford BESS Direct | Grid connection | 104 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Spennymoor 132/66kV | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Spennymoor 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Dalkia
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.
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