Power plant · Lewisham, England, United Kingdom
SELCHP Power Station
SELCHP Power Station is a power plant in Lewisham, England, United Kingdom, with 35.5 MW of capacity, owned by Veolia Environnement Sa.
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 | Lewisham (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1994 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Veolia Environnement Sa (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35.5 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | MSW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4862, -0.0451 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
SELCHP is the 594th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 981st-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35.5 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 | 594th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 981st of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,826th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 141 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 87 substations, 36 grid connections (21 operating, 226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Csquare: LHR2 Docklands Data Center Campus | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Telstra London Hosting Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Bloomberg Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 4.9 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 13 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Southfield Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Volt Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
Owner and place
More from Veolia Environnement Sa
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- Cleanaway Project 327.8 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- © 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.
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