Power plant · Bexley, England, United Kingdom
Crossness Sewage Works Turbine
Crossness Sewage Works Turbine is a wind power plant in Bexley, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Thames Water.
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 | Bexley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Belvedere Road, London, SE2 9AR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 |
| Start year | 2014 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Dec 2010 (permit 08/03936/FULMIN, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bexley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Nov 2010 (reference 08/03936/FULMIN, planning authority Bexley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Dec 2010 (granted, reference 08/03936/FULMIN, planning authority Bexley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thames Water | 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 |
| Units | 1 units (2.5 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5025, 0.1454 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Bexley, reference 08/03936/FULMIN)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bexley, reference 08/03936/FULMIN)
How it compares
Crossness Sewage Works Turbine is the 3,153rd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 4,572nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% 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 | 3,153rd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,572nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,633rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| NTT London 1 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Six Degrees Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 17 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
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