Power plant · Bexley, England, United Kingdom
Riverside Resource Recovery Facility Battery Storage
Riverside Resource Recovery Facility Battery Storage is a power plant under construction in Bexley, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Riverside Resource Recovery Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Bexley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Riverside Energy From Waste Facility, DA17 6JN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Dec 2020 (reference 20/03208/FUL, planning authority Bexley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Riverside Resource Recovery Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 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 | 51.5053, 0.1584 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Bexley, reference 20/03208/FUL)
How it compares
Riverside Resource Recovery Facility Battery Storage is the 1,395th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,218th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,395th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,218th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,396th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 103 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 58 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 | — | — | 1.6 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.2 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 | — | — | 29 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- 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.
- 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.