Power plant · South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Wardley (Waste AD) Power Station
Wardley (Waste AD) Power Station is a cancelled biomass power plant in South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Biogen.
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 | South Tyneside (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Wardley Colliery, Wardley Lane, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 8YE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Dec 2014 (permit ST/0995/13/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Sept 2013 (reference ST/0995/13/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Dec 2014 (granted, reference ST/0995/13/FUL, planning authority South Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biogen (Biogen (formerly Tamar Energy), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9408, -1.5091 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Tyneside, reference ST/0995/13/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Tyneside, reference ST/0995/13/FUL)
How it compares
Wardley (Waste AD) is the 2,989th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 4,350th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% 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 | 2,989th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,350th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,272nd of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 272 grid connections (141 operating, 1,796 MW), 161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 2.86 MW grid connection at Hedworth | Grid connection | 2.86 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Wind 4.5 MW grid connection at Hedworth | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Solar 1.45 MW grid connection at Usworth | Grid connection | 1.45 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| West Boldon | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Wardley | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Hedworth | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
More from Biogen
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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
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