Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Drax Heron Renewable Energy Park
Drax Heron Renewable Energy Park is a cancelled biomass power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 290 MW of capacity, operated by Drax Power and Siemens Project Ventures.
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 | North Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to the North, Humber Road, Killingholme. | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Aug 2011 (permit PA/2009/1269, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Oct 2009 (reference PA/2009/1269, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Aug 2011 (granted, reference PA/2009/1269, planning authority North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drax Power and Siemens Project Ventures (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 290 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 | 53.6396, -0.2119 | 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 North Lincolnshire, reference PA/2009/1269)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Lincolnshire, reference PA/2009/1269)
How it compares
Drax Heron Renewable Energy Park is the 90th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 129th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 290 MW is 0.14% 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 | 90th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | 0.22% |
| United Kingdom | 129th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,163rd of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 228 grid connections (120 operating, 1,928 MW), 110 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Road | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Solar 3.2 MW grid connection at Queens Road | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Solar 3.988 MW grid connection at Queens Road | Grid connection | 3.99 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Wind 17 MW grid connection at Queens Road | Grid connection | 17 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Clough Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Immingham | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 22 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
Operator and place
More from Drax Power and Siemens Project Ventures
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.
- 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.