Power plant · Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Shotton Works CHP
Shotton Works CHP is a cancelled power plant in Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Tata Steel.
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 | Flintshire (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Corus, Shotton Works, Weighbridge Road, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, CH5 2NH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 20 Jan 2010 (permit 46316, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 May 2009 (reference 46316, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Jan 2010 (granted, reference 46316, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tata Steel (Tata Steel (formerly Corus UK)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 | 53.2288, -3.0506 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Flintshire, reference 46316)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Flintshire, reference 46316)
How it compares
Shotton Works CHP is the 120th-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 1,630th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 120th of 424 | 9,068 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 1,630th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,178th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 58 grid connections (37 operating, 348 MW), 41 substations, 6 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 38 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- © 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.