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Discovery Park
Discovery Park is an operational 16 MW biomass plant in Dover, generating since 28 September 2018. Planning permission was granted on 18 October 2013, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 23 August 2013 |
| Permission granted | 18 October 2013 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 28 September 2018 59 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3 km |
Battery · Operational | 50.1 | 3.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 3.1 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 249 | 3.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 3.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.6 km |
How big is Discovery Park?
Discovery Park has a recorded installed capacity of 16 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Discovery Park?
REPD records the operator as Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Discovery Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 23 August 2013. Permission was granted on 18 October 2013, 2 months later. The site became operational on 28 September 2018, 59 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 173.
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