Project Overview:
Rising waste production, diminishing landfill capacity and increasing regulation are issues which affect everyone. In a city the size of London, logistical problems of moving waste to a disposal site add more pressure to find sensible waste management solutions that address the 'proximity principle'; minimising unnecessary transportation and taking responsibility for local waste production. What's where SELCHP comes in!
South East London Combined Heat and Power, better known as SELCHP, is a major energy from waste incineration plant in Bermondsey, London. It was designed to generate both heat and electricity. The plant can generate up to 35 MegaWatts of power using a steam turbine in electricity only mode.[1] It can incinerate up to 420,000 tonnes per year of municipal solid waste.
EDC Scope of Works:
EDC were awarded MEP Deaign of Southwark District Heating Room for SELCHP Power Plant in Deptford. Southwark Council published a detailed proposal to capture heat which is normally released into the environment from South East London Combined Heat & Power Plant (SELCHP). This would be piped in directly to the boiler houses that serve 3000 homes in the area. The SELCHP plant produces both heat & power but until now the heat has not been utilised. There are only a handful of similar district heating schemes in the UK and the Southwark Scheme is the first such plant in London.
