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Insights

  • Type of Investment Sought: Developer/academic

  • Value and cost info: £93m cost for ZERO

  • Site Size: 273Ha

  • Timescale: 2022-2030

  • Delivery Timescale: 5 + years

Ratcliffe-on-Soar – a vision to transform one of the UK’s last coal-fired power stations into a technology, advanced manufacturing and energy hub.

In line with government policy, the coal-fired power station sites owned by Uniper, will stop generating electricity by October 2024.

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Uniper is currently working with regional stakeholders, including the Midlands Engine, to develop a vision for this significant site that could see it become an energy hub for innovation and business, creating up to 10,000 jobs.

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Ideally located close to the proposed HS2 station, the M1, Parkway station and the expanding East Midlands Airport, the land offers a prime development opportunity.

The formation of a locally led development corporation provides the opportunity for increased ambition as it will sit within a bigger, more strategic picture.

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Planning anticipates low-carbon energy production, storage and distribution, the hosting of manufacturing businesses and opportunities for gigafactories for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing.

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Key facts

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  • Centre for netzero technologies

  • Creation of up to 10,000 jobs

  • Adjacent to proposed to new HS2 station (Parkway)

  • Part of the East Midlands/Freeport cluster

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