Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Portland Energy Recovery Facility
Portland Energy Recovery Facility is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 15.2 MW of capacity, operated by Powerfuel Power Plc.
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 | Dorset (planning authority), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Portland Port Portland, DT5 1PP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Sept 2024 (permit WP/20/00692/DCC, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Sept 2020 (reference WP/20/00692/DCC, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Mar 2023 (refused, reference WP/20/00692/DCC, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2024 (granted, reference WP/20/00692/DCC, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2024 (appeal granted, reference WP/20/00692/DCC, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Powerfuel Power Plc | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15.2 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 | 50.5691, -2.4365 | 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.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Dorset, reference WP/20/00692/DCC)
- Permit granted (planning authority Dorset, reference WP/20/00692/DCC)
- Permit refused (planning authority Dorset, reference WP/20/00692/DCC)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference WP/20/00692/DCC)
How it compares
Portland Energy Recovery Facility is the 1,343rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,093rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15.2 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,343rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,093rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,417th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 78 grid connections (49 operating, 451 MW), 63 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| MW to Keep An Eye On. grid connection | Grid connection | 15.2 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Weymouth Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Chickerell GSP | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| 49.9MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 7.2 km |
| Chickerell 132 KV S/Stn grid connection | Grid connection | 47.4 MW | Operating | 7.2 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.