Power plant · Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Portsmouth ERF
Portsmouth ERF is a power plant in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Veolia.
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 | Portsmouth (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Portsmouth Incinerator, Quartremaine Road, Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire | 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 | 2005 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Oct 2001 (permit A*29026/AF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Portsmouth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Aug 1998 (reference A*29026/AF, planning authority Portsmouth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Oct 2001 (granted, reference A*29026/AF, planning authority Portsmouth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Veolia | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 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 | 50.8222, -1.0513 | 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 Portsmouth, reference A*29026/AF)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Portsmouth, reference A*29026/AF)
How it compares
Portsmouth ERF is the 838th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,490th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 838th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,490th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,490th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 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: 179 grid connections (103 operating, 902 MW), 143 substations, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 178-4DATA NOT AVAILABLE3 grid connection | Grid connection | 16.2 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Hilsea Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| College Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Stagecoach grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Farlington Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Lakeside 1000 North Harbour grid connection | Grid connection | 5.07 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.