Slough

Cogeneration power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.5095, -0.5954.

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Slough is a 35 MW cogeneration power plant in England, United Kingdom. It is operated by Scottish and Southern: Thermal. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 43,800 homes (estimated). It ranks #262 of 2,751 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 7,149 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS) are equivalent to about 1,666 cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

35MW installed capacity
43,800homes powered (est.)
7,149t CO₂ / yr (EU ETS)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR1000439.

7,149 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,666passenger cars driven for a year
932homes' yearly energy use
119,150tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to EU ETS.

Capacity vs largest cogeneration plants in United Kingdom

Grain CHP: 1,404 MW1kGrain CHPVPI Immingham: 1,240 MW1kVPI Imming…Fellside CHP: 180 MW180Fellside C…Markinch CHP: 65 MW65Markinch C…Steven's Croft: 50 MW50Steven's C…Slough: 35 MW35SloughSELCHP ERF: 32 MW32SELCHP ERF

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Scottish and Southern: Thermal. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This cogeneration plant produces electricity and useful heat together for higher fuel efficiency. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.4°Cannual mean temp
2,754heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
39 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 11 °CON: 7 °CND: 6 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 12% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 56/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #6 largest cogeneration power plant of 7 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 7 cogeneration power plants in this dataset, together about 3,006 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.5095, -0.5954 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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