Power plant · Basildon, England, United Kingdom
Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet - Battery Energy Storage System
Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Basildon, England, United Kingdom, with 150 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Basildon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Rayleigh Spur Roundabout A130, Benfleet, Wickford, SS12 9GT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jul 2025 (reference 25/00898/FULL, planning authority Basildon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Beaufort)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 150 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6013, 0.5409 | 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.
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Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet - Battery Energy Storage System is the 219th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 349th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 150 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 | 219th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 349th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 998th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 51 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 grid connections (1 operating, 6.94 MW), 1 AI supercomputer and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 34 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 45 km |
Operator and place
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- 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
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.