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Tilbury Docks Ph2 grid connection

Tilbury Docks Ph2 grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, held by Thameside Energy Recovery Facility Limited 2021.

Map: where Tilbury Docks Ph2 grid connection lies
51.4678, -0.0323 on OpenStreetMap

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
LocationEngland (connects at Tilbury)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
HolderThameside Energy Recovery Facility Limited 2021UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity40 MWUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyWasteUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorEastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Queue date22 Aug 2017UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Connection date30 Oct 2025 (target energisation)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage132 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.4678, -0.0323UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.

How it compares

Tilbury Docks Ph2 grid connection is the 910th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,297th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

WithinRankTotalShare
England910th of 3,539341,715 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom1,297th of 4,870467,981 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data4,547th of 8,6181,355,288 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 579 substations, 356 power plants (130 operating, 5,215 MW), 141 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Citibank Riverdale Data CentreData center——1.5 km
Deptford Grid 11kVSubstation——1.9 km
Deptford West 22kVSubstation——1.9 km
SELCHP ERFPower plant35 MWOperating2.0 km
SELCHPPower plant35.5 MWOperating2.2 km
Dermody Rd 11kVSubstation——2.3 km
Telstra London Hosting CentreData center——3.1 km
Csquare: LHR2 Docklands Data Center CampusData center——3.1 km
Alcatel, Telegraph House - Solar PanelsPower plant1.3 MWCancelled3.9 km

Holder, grid operator and place

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