Power plant · Slough, England, United Kingdom
Slough Heat & Power Station
Slough Heat & Power Station is a power plant under construction in Slough, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish and Southern Energy.
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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Slough Heat & Power Station, Edinburgh Avenue, Slough, SL1 4TU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Jun 2017 (permit P/00987/024, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Oct 2014 (reference P/00987/024, planning authority Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jun 2017 (granted, reference P/00987/024, planning authority Slough) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish and Southern Energy (Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 51.5242, -0.6238 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Slough, reference P/00987/024)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Slough, reference P/00987/024)
How it compares
Slough Heat & Power Station is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 514th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 209 substations, 153 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 137 grid connections (69 operating, 715 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 | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Equinix LD10 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Virtus London 4 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Slough BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Generation 5 MW grid connection at Slough Power Station | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Farnham Royal Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Cippenham BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.0 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.