Power plant · Thurrock, England, United Kingdom
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant is a gas power plant in Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by Thurrock Power.
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 | Thurrock (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Thurrock (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of the existing Tilbury National Grid substation, off Station Road, Thurrock, RM18 8UL | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant Fort Road Tilbury, RM18 8UJ | 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 | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Feb 2022 (permit EN010092, 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 | 16 Feb 2022 (permit EN010092, 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 | 27 May 2020 (reference EN010092, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Jun 2020 (reference EN010092, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Feb 2022 (granted, reference EN010092, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Feb 2022 (granted, reference EN010092, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thurrock Power (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thurrock Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with fossil fuel plant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 92.4 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4629, 0.3934 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010092) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010092)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010092)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010092) · source
Also recorded as
3 sources record Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant | asset:pins-nsip:en010092 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant | asset:repd:7696 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same planning reference |
| Thurrock Power Station | asset:neso-tec:pro-000494 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant is the 53rd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 68th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.3% of the 200,500 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 | 53rd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.45% |
| United Kingdom | 68th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.3% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,008th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 74 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 19 substations, 2 grid connections (1 operating, 2.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 39 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 43 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
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- 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.
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