Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
The Net Zero Teesside Project
The Net Zero Teesside Project is a permitted power plant in Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, with 860 MW of capacity, operated by Net Zero Teesside Power Limited “NZT Power” and Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited “NZNS Storage”.
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 | Redcar and Cleveland (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at and in the vicinity of Teesworks, Redcar, Teesside, TS10 5QW | 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 | 16 Feb 2024 (permit EN010103, 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 | 19 Jul 2021 (ref. EN010103, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Feb 2024 (granted, ref. EN010103, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Net Zero Teesside Power Limited “NZT Power” and Net Zero North Sea Storage Limited “NZNS Storage” | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 860 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Tidal Lagoon | 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 | 461 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6189, -1.1209 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Also recorded as
2 sources record The Net Zero Teesside Project; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Net Zero Teesside Project | asset:pins-nsip:en010103 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Net Zero Teesside Power Project | asset:neso-tec:pro-001400 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
The Net Zero Teesside Project is the 45th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 73rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 860 MW is 0.29% 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 | 45th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.46% |
| United Kingdom | 73rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.29% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 118th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.13% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 235 grid connections (120 operating, 1,225 MW) and 131 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teesside Windfarm Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 62 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Gas 50 MW grid connection at Phillips Petroleum | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Gas 76 MW grid connection at Phillips Petroleum | Grid connection | 76 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Tees Industrial T1 T2 | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Redcar | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Grangetown | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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 National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- 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.