Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
The Keadby Next Generation Power Station Project
The Keadby Next Generation Power Station Project is a gas power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 910 MW of capacity, owned by SSE Group.
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 Lincolnshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at and within the vicinity of Keadby Power Station Site, Trentside, Keadby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (decision) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2023 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Aug 2025 (reference EN0110001, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SSE Group (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Keadby Next Generation Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 910 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 840 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydrogen | 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 | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 73.3 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5947, -0.7626 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN0110001) · source
Also recorded as
3 sources record The Keadby Next Generation Power Station 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 Keadby Next Generation Power Station Project | asset:pins-nsip:en0110001 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Keadby 2 | asset:dukes:gas-001553 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | Same name, technology and capacity |
| Keadby II | asset:neso-tec:pro-000310 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
The Keadby Next Generation Power Station Project is the 31st-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 41st-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 910 MW is 0.45% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 31st of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.68% |
| United Kingdom | 41st of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.45% |
| All power plants in our data | 564th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 420 grid connections (209 operating, 2,891 MW), 235 substations, 4 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keadby | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Gas 123.3 MW grid connection at Broughton Direct | Grid connection | 123 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Solar 49.9 MW grid connection at Chapel Lane PV Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Solar 49.999 MW grid connection at Ealand Solar Farm | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Crowle | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Flixborough | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 17 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 32 km |
Owner, operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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