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Fellside CHP

Cogeneration power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 54.4184, -3.4883.

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Fellside CHP is a 180 MW cogeneration power station in England, United Kingdom. It is operated by Px Limited. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 225,257 homes (estimated). It ranks #87 of 2,751 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

180MW installed capacity
225,257homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR1000317.

Capacity vs largest cogeneration plants in United Kingdom

Grain CHP: 1,404 MW1kGrain CHPVPI Immingham: 1,240 MW1kVPI Imming…Fellside CHP: 180 MW180Fellside C…Markinch CHP: 65 MW65Markinch C…Steven's Croft: 50 MW50Steven's C…Slough: 35 MW35SloughSELCHP ERF: 32 MW32SELCHP ERF

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Px Limited.

Local climate & thermal context

This cogeneration plant produces electricity and useful heat together for higher fuel efficiency. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,569heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
147 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 14 °CJA: 14 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 9 °CON: 6 °CND: 4 °CD14 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 77/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 largest cogeneration power plant of 7 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 7 cogeneration power plants in this dataset, together about 3,006 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 54.4184, -3.4883 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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