Oldbury

Oldbury is an operational 40 MW advanced conversion plant in Sandwell, generating since 15 January 2014. Planning permission was granted on 1 December 2011, 11 months after submission. Operator of record: IES (Chinook Energy).

40 MW

Capacity

as recorded in REPD

Operational

Status

since 15 January 2014

Advanced Conversion Technologies

Technology

IES (Chinook Energy)

Sandwell

Authority

England

Planning and build timeline

Application submitted	11 January 2011
Permission granted	1 December 2011 11 months after submission
Operational	15 January 2014 25 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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How big is Oldbury?

Oldbury has a recorded installed capacity of 40 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 Oldbury?

REPD records the operator as IES (Chinook 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 Oldbury approved and built?

The application was submitted on 11 January 2011. Permission was granted on 1 December 2011, 11 months later. The site became operational on 15 January 2014, 25 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 950.

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