Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
The Net Zero Teesside Project
The Net Zero Teesside Project is a permitted gas 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 (North East) | 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 (reference EN010103, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Feb 2024 (granted, reference EN010103, planning authority 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” (applicant) | 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 | 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 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 73rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 860 MW is 0.31% of the 279,068 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 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.5% |
| United Kingdom | 73rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.31% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 125th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.13% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 235 grid connections (120 operating, 1,225 MW), 131 substations and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Data center, Redcar (OSM way 1055031579) | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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 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.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.