Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Southmoor Energy Centre
Southmoor Energy Centre is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 26 MW of capacity, operated by Peel Environmental.
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 | Kellingley Colliery, Weeland Road, Beal, Goole, North Humberside | 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 | 2 Sept 2014 (permit NY/2013/0128/ENV, 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 May 2013 (reference NY/2013/0128/ENV, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Sept 2014 (granted, reference NY/2013/0128/ENV, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Peel Environmental | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 26 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 | 53.7085, -1.2030 | 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 (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference NY/2013/0128/ENV)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference NY/2013/0128/ENV)
How it compares
Southmoor Energy Centre is the 1,098th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,727th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 26 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 | 1,098th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,727th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,342nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 440 grid connections (224 operating, 2,559 MW), 377 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, 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 7 MW grid connection at Beal | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Solar 3.99 MW grid connection at Beal | Grid connection | 3.99 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Battery storage 200 MW grid connection at Stocking Lane BESS Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Weeland Road | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Ferrybridge A | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 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.