Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Fawley Waste to Energy Plant
Fawley Waste to Energy Plant is a power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 8.6 MW of capacity, operated by Tradebe.
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 | New Forest (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Charleston Road, Hardley Hythe, Southampton | 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 | 2001 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Feb 2001 (permit 70529, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Oct 2000 (reference 70529, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Feb 2001 (granted, reference 70529, planning authority New Forest) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Tradebe | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8487, -1.3767 | 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 researchHow it compares
Fawley Waste to Energy Plant is the 1,302nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,118th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.6 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 1,302nd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,118th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,512th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 70529
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 221 grid connections (126 operating, 1,143 MW), 184 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butts Ash Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Fawley Battery Energy Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Langley Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Langley Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Weston Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Waste 1.197 MW grid connection at Weston | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.