Tilbury Energy Centre (100 MW battery storage)
Tilbury Energy Centre is a 100 MW battery storage project in Thurrock, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 31 January 2020. As a nationally significant project, it is decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 February 2018 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 31 January 2020
- Operator or applicant
- RWE Generation
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- Tilbury Power Station, Tilbury, Thurrock
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- REPD reference
- 7048
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it is decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate. All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barvills Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.2 |
| Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant | battery storage | 150 | operational | 3.2 |
| The Place Solar Farm | solar farm | 23.2 | refused | 4.8 |
| Tilbury Docks | wind farm | 12 | operational | 6.4 |
| Gateway Energy Centre | battery storage | 450 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Thames Way, Northfleet | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 7.3 |
| Marsh Farm, Fobbing Solar Arrays & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 7.9 |
| Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.8 |
| Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet | battery storage | 300 | refused | 8.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.4623, 0.4295).