Power plant · Barking and Dagenham, England, United Kingdom
Thames Gateway EfW
Thames Gateway EfW is a cancelled power plant in Barking and Dagenham, England, United Kingdom, with 19 MW of capacity, operated by Thames Gateway Waste to 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 | Barking and Dagenham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | London Sustainable Industries Park, Choats Road, Dagenham, RM9 6LN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 Nov 2014 (permit 13/01134/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Barking and Dagenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Dec 2013 (reference 13/01134/FUL, planning authority Barking and Dagenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Nov 2014 (granted, reference 13/01134/FUL, planning authority Barking and Dagenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thames Gateway Waste to Energy (Thames Gateway Waste to Energy (Chinook Urban Mining), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5232, 0.1410 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Barking and Dagenham, reference 13/01134/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Barking and Dagenham, reference 13/01134/FUL)
How it compares
Thames Gateway EfW is the 892nd-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 1,523rd-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 892nd of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,523rd of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,517th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 106 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 60 substations, 23 grid connections (13 operating, 101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 3.6 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Virtual Internet UK | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 27 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
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- 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.
- 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.