Power plant · Thurrock, England, United Kingdom
Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage
Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, with 16 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Energy Services Limited.
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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Thurrock (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Infinis Ltd Aveley Landfill Sandy Lane Aveley, RM15 4XP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 24 Jul 2024 (permit 24/00141/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Thurrock) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Feb 2024 (reference 24/00141/FUL, planning authority Thurrock) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2024 (granted, reference 24/00141/FUL, planning authority Thurrock) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Energy Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 22.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5037, 0.2406 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage is the 1,324th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,070th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,324th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,070th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,369th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 97 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 42 substations, 13 grid connections (6 operating, 28.8 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Operator and place
More from Infinis Energy Services Limited
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- South Pargillis - Battery Storage42 MW · permitted
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- Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage7 MW · permitted
- Rigby PV+BESS grid connection4.26 MW
- Rigby Houghton Landfill grid connection4 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.