Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
Redcar Energy Centre
Redcar Energy Centre is a permitted power plant in Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Redcar Holdings.
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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Redcar Bulk Terminal, Lackenby Works, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS6 | 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 | 27 Jan 2021 (permit R/2020/0411/FFM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Aug 2020 (reference R/2020/0411/FFM, planning authority Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jan 2021 (granted, reference R/2020/0411/FFM, planning authority Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Redcar Holdings | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 54.6267, -1.1358 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Redcar and Cleveland, reference R/2020/0411/FFM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Redcar and Cleveland, reference R/2020/0411/FFM)
How it compares
Redcar Energy Centre is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 237 grid connections (121 operating, 1,228 MW), 135 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 50 MW grid connection at Phillips Petroleum | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Gas 76 MW grid connection at Phillips Petroleum | Grid connection | 76 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Teesside Windfarm Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 62 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Tees Industrial T1 T2 | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Greatham Direct | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Seal Sands | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Data center, Redcar (OSM way 1055031579) | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 11 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.