Power plant · Sandwell, England, United Kingdom
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility is a power plant under construction in Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, with 47 MW of capacity, operated by Enfinium Energy 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 | Sandwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Giffords Recycling, Kelvin Way, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7JR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 27 Sept 2019 (permit DC/17/61177, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sandwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Oct 2017 (reference DC/17/61177, planning authority Sandwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Sept 2019 (granted, reference DC/17/61177, planning authority Sandwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Sept 2019 (appeal granted, reference DC/17/61177, planning authority Sandwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enfinium Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 47 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.5080, -1.9946 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility is the 802nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,274th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 47 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 | 802nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,274th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,401st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 367 grid connections and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Way grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.1 km |
| DPD Group UK Limited grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Smethwick Supply Point grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.7 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
More from Enfinium Energy Limited
- Kemsley Mill75 MW
- Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility47 MW · under construction
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.