Power plant · Dartford, England, United Kingdom
Longreach STW - extension Power Station
Longreach STW - extension Power Station is a biomass power plant in Dartford, England, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by Thames Water.
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 | Dartford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Long Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Oct 2012 (permit DA/12/1170, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dartford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Sept 2012 (reference DA/12/1170, planning authority Dartford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Oct 2012 (granted, reference DA/12/1170, planning authority Dartford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thames Water | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Sewage Sludge Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4667, 0.2355 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Dartford, reference DA/12/1170)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dartford, reference DA/12/1170)
How it compares
Longreach STW - extension is the 1,994th-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 2,804th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 MW is <0.1% of the 105,383 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,994th of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,804th of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,988th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 100 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 43 substations, 12 grid connections (5 operating, 21.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 23 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 34 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
Operator and place
More from Thames Water
Other power plants in England
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.