Power plant · Slough, England, United Kingdom
Slough Heat & Power Power Station
Slough Heat & Power Power Station is a biomass power plant in Slough, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, owned by SSE Group.
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 | Slough (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 | 2014 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SSE Group (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 | 20 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5245, -0.6244 | 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
Slough Heat & Power is the 877th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,479th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 877th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,479th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,712th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 210 substations, 153 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 137 grid connections (69 operating, 758 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation 59.8 MW grid connection at Slough | Grid connection | 59.8 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| CyrusOne London 1 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Slough BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| CyrusOne LON3 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Equinix LD10 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Generation 5 MW grid connection at Slough Power Station | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Farnham Royal Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Cippenham BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
Owner and place
More from SSE Group
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
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