Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Eggborough CCGT
Eggborough CCGT is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 2,500 MW of capacity, operated by Eggborough Power Limited.
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 (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Near Eggborough village, Selby District, 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 | 20 Sept 2018 (permit EN010081, 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 | 30 May 2017 (reference EN010081, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Sept 2018 (granted, reference EN010081, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eggborough Power Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2,500 MW (description) | 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 |
| Area | 113 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7123, -1.1253 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Also recorded as
2 sources record Eggborough CCGT; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eggborough CCGT | asset:pins-nsip:en010081 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Eggborough CCGT - OCGT - BESS | asset:neso-tec:pro-000136 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Eggborough CCGT is the 3rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 7th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2,500 MW is 0.83% 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 | 3rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 1.3% |
| United Kingdom | 7th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.83% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 13th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.38% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 458 grid connections (232 operating, 2,752 MW), 381 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggborough | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Saint Gobain Glass UK Limited (Non-Exporting) grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Pollington | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Eggborough Power Limited
- Eggborough Power Station, Selby Road - Battery Storage500 MW · permitted
- South Humber Bank Power Station95 MW · permitted
- Eggborough CCGT - OCGT - BESS grid connection2,450 MW
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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 National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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