Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Kingspan Insulation
Kingspan Insulation is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 48 MW of capacity, operated by Kingspan Insulation.
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 Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kingspan Insulation Ltd, Enterprise Way, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 6NA | 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 | 23 Jun 2017 (permit 2016/1456/EIA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2016 (ref. 2016/1456/EIA, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jun 2017 (granted, ref. 2016/1456/EIA, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kingspan Insulation | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 48 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 | 53.7959, -1.2213 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Kingspan Insulation is the 791st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,257th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 48 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 | 791st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,257th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,361st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 436 grid connections (220 operating, 2,402 MW), 366 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 2.3 MW grid connection at Sherburn | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Hurricane Park grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Sherburn | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Solar 15 MW grid connection at Nordens Barn Farm | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Fenton Lane | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 12 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 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.