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Richborough Energy Park
Richborough Energy Park is operational in Thanet with a recorded capacity of 49.9 MW, and has been generating since 2023-12-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2020-11-04 |
| Permission granted | 2021-05-13 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 2023-12-01 31 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Richborough Energy Park - Phase 2 Battery · Operational | 50.1 | 0 km |
Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf) Battery · Under Construction | 249 | 0.3 km |
Ebbsfleet Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0.3 km |
Ebbsfleet Farm Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 0.5 km |
Harrington Franklin, Richborough Energy Park - Battery Storage Battery · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0.8 km |
Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panels Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 33 | 2.8 km |
Thorne Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.2 | 3 km |
Discovery Park Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 16 | 3.1 km |
How big is Richborough Energy Park?
Richborough Energy Park has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Richborough Energy Park?
REPD records the operator as Richborough Energy Park Limited. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Richborough Energy Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2020-11-04. Permission was granted on 2021-05-13, 6 months later. The site became operational on 2023-12-01, 31 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 8195.
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