Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Project
Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Project is a planned power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 1,500 MW of capacity, operated by Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Limited.
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 | East Lindsey (coordinates), England (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land adjacent and to west of Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal, Mablethorpe, LN12 1NQ | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Sept 2027 (reference EN0110008, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected September 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,500 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,003 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3619, 0.2286 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 researchHow it compares
Theddlethorpe Flexible Generation Project is the 11th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 21st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,500 MW is 0.5% 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 | 11th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.81% |
| United Kingdom | 21st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.5% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 34th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.23% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 74 grid connections (41 operating, 635 MW), 35 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind 20 MW grid connection at Gayton le Marsh Windfarm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 10 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 11 km |
| Solar and Wind 17 MW grid connection at Fen Farm Windfarm | Grid connection | 17 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Grainthorpe | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 49 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.
- 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.