Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Drax Ouse Renewable Energy Park
Drax Ouse Renewable Energy Park is a cancelled power plant in North Yorkshire, 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 Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Selby, North Yorkshire | 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 (Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jul 2009 (planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Aug 2011 (granted, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drax Power and Siemens Project Ventures | 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 | 53.7484, -0.9876 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Drax Ouse Renewable Energy Park is the 42nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 61st-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 290 MW is 0.25% 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 | 42nd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | 0.4% |
| United Kingdom | 61st of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | 0.25% |
| All power plants in our data | 993rd of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 482 grid connections (230 operating, 2,708 MW), 320 substations, 6 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49.99 MW grid connection at Barlow Solar Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Wind 35 MW grid connection at Goole Fields 2 Windfarm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage 99.9 MW grid connection at Church Dike Lane BESS Direct | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 28 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.