Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Former Templeborough Steel Works
Former Templeborough Steel Works is a permitted power plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 23 MW of capacity, operated by Rolton Kilbride.
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 | Rotherham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Former Templeborough Steel Works, Station Road, Templeborough, Rotherham | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Oct 2016 (permit RB2016/0891, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Jul 2016 (ref. RB2016/0891, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Oct 2016 (granted, ref. RB2016/0891, Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rolton Kilbride | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4199, -1.3887 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Former Templeborough Steel Works is the 1,162nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,821st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,162nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,821st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,527th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 504 grid connections (193 operating, 2,018 MW), 297 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1.207 MW grid connection at Tinsley Wire Industries | Grid connection | 1.21 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Templeborough 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 30 MW grid connection at Vox Magna BESS | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Templeborough 275/33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Blackburn Meadows B | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Alsing Road grid connection | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 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.
- 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.