Power plant · Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom
Dean Group Business Park - Hartlepool
Dean Group Business Park - Hartlepool is a power plant in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, with 5.1 MW of capacity, operated by BioConstruct.
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 | Hartlepool (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land adjacent to Dean Group Business Park, Brenda Road, Frederick House, Hartlepool, TS25 2BW | 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 | 2017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Apr 2016 (permit H/2015/0552, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Hartlepool) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jan 2016 (reference H/2015/0552, planning authority Hartlepool) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Apr 2016 (granted, reference H/2015/0552, planning authority Hartlepool) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BioConstruct | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6488, -1.2026 | 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 researchHow it compares
Dean Group Business Park - Hartlepool is the 1,749th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,731st-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.1 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 | 1,749th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,731st of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,339th 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. H/2015/0552
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 254 grid connections (130 operating, 1,270 MW), 153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Brenda Road 49.9MW BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Waste 5.1 MW grid connection at Greatham Direct | Grid connection | 5.1 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Brenda Trading | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Greatham Direct | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 99 MW grid connection at Greatham Hybrid | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Seal Sands | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Data center, Redcar (OSM way 1055031579) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.