Also nearby is the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, which is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.

[1][2] Keadby Gas Power Station was commissioned on 22 January 1996, and was opened by Scottish Hydro Electric and NORWEB when the site was in South Humberside.

Scottish Hydro bought the 50% share of Keadby Generation Ltd, then owned by United Utilities, in March 1997 for £253 million.

In March 2013 the power station was 'deep mothballed' in response to adverse market conditions; it reopened in December 2015 after winning a stand-by contract to provide 734 MWe of capacity.

In 1999, Scottish Hydro applied to add another 710 MWe of capacity at Keadby, and a variation to this consent was granted in November 2016.

[8] As of 2024[update], Keadby 2 at 849 MW is the biggest single-turbine combined cycle powerplant in the world, and the most efficient at 64%.

[12] The plant comprised six Stirling radiant type, pulverised fuel, twin furnace boilers.