To achieve our vision of “creating a place that embraces our heritage, engages with our present and protects our future” we are focussing on four inter-connected sustainability priorities. The environment is also a key consideration for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, and our focus is guardianship of the unique heritage of the site, effective resource management and the responsible and innovative provision and use of energy. Our site is also home to some remarkable species of birds.

SUSTAINABILITY

Jobs & Education: offering opportunities for young people to learn about jobs at Battersea Power Station, creating thousands of jobs and delivering training programmes to ensure that local people are able to benefit from these opportunities.

Economy: supporting and promoting local businesses and contributing to the growing local, national and international economy.

Environment: using resources responsibly, minimising our impact on climate change and fulfilling our role as custodians of Battersea Power Station’s heritage.

Community: engaging with people about the changes that are happening at Battersea Power Station, investing in local community groups and building a town centre with facilities that are open to everyone.

We share our progress on our priorities and the wider benefits of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station through our publication of Positive Energy every two years. Each edition of Positive Energy is a snapshot in time articulating the total economic, social and environmental contribution that the project is making.

THE ENERGY CENTRE

Battersea Power Station will once again be an operational power station, supplying sustainable energy not only to meet its own needs, but potentially those of neighbouring communities.

The site’s Energy Centre will sit ten metres beneath the new riverside park. Its construction involved the excavation of more than 150,000 cubic metres of earth, some of which was taken away using river barges, removing the need for 3,500 heavy lorry journeys on local roads.

Once operational, it will be equipped with three ten-megawatt boilers and three Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engines, each of which will produce up to two megawatts of heat and a further two megawatts of electricity. All this machinery will run on gas at high efficiency, generating energy with a vapour plume. There will also be six chiller units providing efficient air conditioning using non-potable water from an existing on-site borehole. Once the restoration of the Power Station is complete, vapour will be vented through two of the newly-rebuilt chimneys.

Another important feature of the Energy Centre is its large thermal storage system allowing energy to be generated and stored at quiet times for use at periods of high demand, allowing the machinery to be used more efficiently and reducing emissions overall.

PROTECTED BIRD SPECIES

Battersea Power Station has been home to two Schedule 1 species; a pair of Peregrine Falcons and Black Redstarts, both species uniquely breeding alongside each other.

Recording of a pair of peregrines at Battersea Power Station started in 2000, one of London’s first peregrine nesting sites. The most successful breeding period for the peregrines coincides with the main construction period. A temporary nest tower was erected on site in 2013, so that works could start where the peregrines had been nesting. Since construction started, the peregrines have successfully fledged 18 juveniles. The restoration of the Power Station will include a new permanent nest site for the peregrines in one of the wash towers.

Black Redstarts have always been an annual breeder at the Power Station. Nests are notoriously hard to find, but fledged young are often seen or heard around the site. Foraging areas have been allocated below the Peregrine Falcon nesting tower and on the brown roofs at Circus West Village.

BROWN ROOFS

Circus West Village has been designed to encourage bug and bird populations to use the outdoor spaces. Various bug hotels and bird boxes have been installed in the private and public outdoor areas to provide nesting opportunities and habitat. The bug hotels at Circus West Village are primarily designed for solitary bees to lay their eggs and for ladybirds to hibernate in the winter.

Over 1,000m2 of brown roofs have been created on the roofs of Circus West to provide suitable foraging habitat for the Black Redstarts, a Schedule 1 listed bird species. These brown roofs are planted with drought tolerant sedum and mosses, which provide the ideal habitat for invertebrates and ruderal plants. Pied and grey wagtails also enjoy these areas for foraging.

CONSTRUCTION QUERIES

Our Build Battersea Neighbourhood Group meetings take place every each quarter to provide neighbours and local stakeholders with the opportunity to speak directly to Battersea Power Station’s contractors. Meetings take place either online (via Zoom or Teams) or in person.
Please get in touch if you would like to register your interest in attending:
E: buildbattersea@bpsms.co.uk
T: 0800 088 4570

Contact us
If you have any questions related to the works taking place at Battersea Power Station, please do not hesitate to contact us via email or telephone. If the matter is urgent, we advise that you contact us via the freephone telephone number below, as this is operated during out of office hours.
T: 0800 088 4570
E: buildbattersea@bpsms.co.uk
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Site working hours
In agreement with the London Borough of Wandsworth, the standard site working hours are:

  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 8pm
  • Saturday: 8am to 5pm
  • Sunday and Bank Holidays: works subject to prior approval by the Council

It has also been agreed that out-of-hours works can take place overnight around the Power Station between 8pm and 8am, including on Saturday and Sunday. Measures are in place to minimise disturbance to our neighbours and Construction Managers frequently review planned louder works so they can be carried out during general site working hours.

Considerate Constructors Scheme
All phases at Battersea Power Station are signed up to the Considerate Constructors Scheme to ensure that everything possible is done to minimise the impact of works for our neighbours. This includes monitoring noise, ensuring on site dust is suppressed and lorries arrive and leave the site in a considerate way.
As a Client Partner of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, Battersea Power Station aims to ensure all contractors adhere to the Code of Considerate Practice.