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 | 13 Jun 2018 (refused, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Sandwell, reference DC/17/61177)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Sandwell, reference DC/17/61177)
- Permit refused (planning authority Sandwell, reference DC/17/61177)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Sandwell, reference DC/17/61177)
How it compares
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility is the 653rd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,080th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 47 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 653rd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,080th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,207th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) Power Station90 MW · permitted
- Kemsley Mill75 MW
- Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility47 MW · under construction
- Newhurst Quarry42 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. 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.
- © 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.