Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works
Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works is a power plant in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Thames Water Utilities.
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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Swindon STW, Barnfield Road, Swindon, SN2 2DJ | 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 | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Apr 2015 (reference S/15/0530, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Thames Water Utilities | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5683, -1.8056 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swindon, reference S/15/0530)
How it compares
Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works is the 3,211th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,760th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 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 | 3,211th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,760th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,533rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 215 grid connections (119 operating, 1,327 MW), 142 substations, 10 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Estate Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Solar 2.375 MW grid connection at Swindon | Grid connection | 2.38 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Generation 11.4 MW grid connection at Minety GSP | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Toothill Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Toothill BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Mannington Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.7 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.
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