Power plant · Bexley, England, United Kingdom
Riverside Energy Park
Riverside Energy Park is a power plant in Bexley, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Cory Riverside Energy.
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 | Bexley (coordinates), England (London) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Bexley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Norman Road, Bexley, London, DA17 6JY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Part of | Riverside Energy Park (matched by planning reference) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Apr 2020 (permit EN010093, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Apr 2020 (permit EN010093, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Nov 2018 (reference EN010093, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Nov 2018 (reference EN010093, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Apr 2020 (granted, reference EN010093, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Apr 2020 (granted, reference EN010093, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cory Riverside Energy (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cory Riverside Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 83.6 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5053, 0.1530 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first: the latest 8 of 11. All recent changes.
- Construction started: Riverside Energy Park (REP)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010093)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010093) · source
- Permit granted: Riverside Energy Park (REP) (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010093)
- Permit granted: Riverside Energy Park (REP) (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010093)
- Permit granted: Riverside Energy Park (REP) (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010093)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010093) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010093)
Also recorded as
2 sources record Riverside Energy Park; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Energy Park | asset:pins-nsip:en010093 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Riverside Energy Park | asset:repd:7036 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name, coordinates and operator |
How it compares
Riverside Energy Park is the 1,200th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,875th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,200th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,875th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,872nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 104 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 59 substations, 22 grid connections (12 operating, 104 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 | — | — | 1.8 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Six Degrees Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 18 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 26 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 4 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 121 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Energy Park (REP) | Bexley, England, United Kingdom | — | Under construction | 80.5 MW | 67% |
| Riverside Energy Park | Bexley, England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 20 MW | 17% |
| Riverside Energy Park (REP) | Bexley, England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 19 MW | 16% |
| Riverside Energy Park (REP) | Bexley, England, United Kingdom | — | Permitted | 1 MW | 1% |
More from Cory Riverside Energy
- Riverside Energy Park (REP)80.5 MW · under construction
- Riverside Energy Park (REP)19 MW · permitted
- Riverside Energy Park (REP)1 MW · permitted
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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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
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