Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station
Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station is a permitted power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 910 MW of capacity, operated by Keadby Generation 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 Lincolnshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at the Keadby Power Station Site, Trentside, Keadby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 3EF | 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 | 7 Dec 2022 (permit EN010114, 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 | 1 Jun 2021 (reference EN010114, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Dec 2022 (granted, reference EN010114, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Keadby Generation Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 910 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 |
| Technology | Carbon capture | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 69.2 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5963, -0.7572 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
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Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station is the 41st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 66th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 910 MW is 0.3% 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 | 41st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.49% |
| United Kingdom | 66th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.3% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 108th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.14% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 421 grid connections (209 operating, 2,889 MW), 228 substations, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keadby | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Gas 123.3 MW grid connection at Broughton Direct | Grid connection | 123 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Chapel Lane PV Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Solar 49.999 MW grid connection at Ealand Solar Farm | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Crowle | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Flixborough | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 32 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.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.