Templeborough power plant takes up three-quarters of Rotherham’s new industrial land

The £150 million energy centre run by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners generates more than 40MW of electricity — enough to supply 78,000 homes.

A council report on industrial land and floorspace said the plant’s 17,200 sq m made up 74 per cent of new additions in 2018.

The net figure increased by just 6,000 sq m, making a total of 3.1 million sq m.

The report said: “This relatively low increase follows the recent trend seen since 2008 when Rotherham began to see much lower floorspace construction following the UK economic downturn.