Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Drax Re-power
Drax Re-power is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1,800 MW of capacity, operated by Drax Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Drax Power Station, Drax YO8 8PH, North Yorkshire | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Oct 2019 (permit EN010091, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 May 2018 (reference EN010091, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Oct 2019 (granted, reference EN010091, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drax Power Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,800 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7389, -0.9912 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Drax Re-power is the 8th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 15th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,800 MW is 0.6% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.97% |
| United Kingdom | 15th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.6% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 25th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.27% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 462 grid connections (231 operating, 2,749 MW), 325 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 | 0.6 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Wind 35 MW grid connection at Goole Fields 2 Windfarm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Battery storage 120 MW grid connection at Aura Power Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 26 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.