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Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre
Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre is a 15 MW advanced conversion plant under construction in South Derbyshire. Planning permission was granted on 24 November 2015, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Future Earth Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 June 2015 |
| Permission granted | 24 November 2015 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural 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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How big is Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre?
Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre has a recorded installed capacity of 15 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 Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre?
REPD records the operator as Future Earth Energy. 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 Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 June 2015. Permission was granted on 24 November 2015, 5 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 5423.
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