Power plant · Braintree, England, United Kingdom
Rivenhall IWMF and Energy Centre
Rivenhall IWMF and Energy Centre is a permitted power plant in Braintree, England, United Kingdom, with 65 MW of capacity, operated by Indaver Rivenhall Ltd.
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 | Braintree (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at the former Rivenhall Airfield, off Coggeshall Road (A120), Braintree CO5 9DF | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Dec 2024 (permit EN010138, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Nov 2023 (reference EN010138, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Dec 2024 (granted, reference EN010138, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Indaver Rivenhall Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 65 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 4.7 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8529, 0.6461 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 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.
Latest events
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How it compares
Rivenhall IWMF and Energy Centre is the 339th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 601st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 65 MW is <0.1% of the 278,868 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 | 339th of 1,650 | 171,064 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 601st of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,580th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 243 grid connections (150 operating, 2,283 MW), 204 substations, 6 data centers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Parkgate Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Church Road grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| (ANM) Links Rd grid connection | Grid connection | 26 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Coggeshall Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Witham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Braintree Depot Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.