Power plant · Havering, England, United Kingdom
Frog Island AD Plant (Waste AD)
Frog Island AD Plant (Waste AD) is a cancelled biomass power plant in Havering, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Shanks Group.
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 | Havering (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Creek Way, Frog Island, Rainham, RM13 8EN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 29 Mar 2012 (permit P0530.11, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Havering) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Apr 2011 (reference P0530.11, planning authority Havering) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Mar 2012 (granted, reference P0530.11, planning authority Havering) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shanks Group (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5079, 0.1779 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Havering, reference P0530.11)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Havering, reference P0530.11)
How it compares
Frog Island AD Plant (Waste AD) was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 5 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 102 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 55 substations, 21 grid connections (11 operating, 97.1 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.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 29 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
Operator and place
More from Shanks Group
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- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.