Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Keadby Power Station
Keadby Power Station is a gas power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 732 MW of capacity, owned by SSE Group.
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 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1996 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SSE Group (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 732 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5958, -0.7399 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Keadby; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keadby | asset:dukes:gas-000123 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Keadby | asset:neso-tec:pro-000199 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Keadby is the 43rd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 55th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 732 MW is 0.37% of the 200,500 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 | 43rd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.54% |
| United Kingdom | 55th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.37% |
| All power plants in our data | 791st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 419 grid connections (209 operating, 2,957 MW), 222 substations, 3 transmission lines, 3 data centers and 1 gas storage facility, 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 49.9 MW grid connection at Chapel Lane PV Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Solar 49.999 MW grid connection at Ealand Solar Farm | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Wind 68 MW grid connection at Keadby Windfarm Direct | Grid connection | 68 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Keadby | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Flixborough | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Foxhills | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 31 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
- Keadby grid connection910 MW
More from SSE Group
- Seabank Power Ltd1,205 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Keadby 2840 MW
- Medway755 MW
- Foyers Pumped Storage300 MW
- FM179 MW
- FM279 MW
- Lerwick67 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.