Pimlico District Heating Undertaking

The first district heating system built in the United Kingdom,[1] it is owned by Westminster City Council and operated by CityWest Homes.

The system is connected to 3,256 homes, 50 business premises and three schools.

[1] The system began operations in 1950, and originally used waste heat from Battersea Power Station,[2] which was pumped under the River Thames through a disused Metropolitan Water Board tunnel.

[1] After Battersea Power Station closed in 1983, a 30MW coal-fired boiler was built to supply the system with heat.

Based on the operational success of the Pimlico undertaking several schemes were proposed, and one was partly built, using waste heat from Bankside power station.