Selset
Selset is a 0.75 MW small hydro scheme in North East England, operated by RWE Npower. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Small Hydro
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 0.75 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Small Hydro
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 54.5859, -2.1516
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Selset compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 0.75 MW station would generate roughly 2.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 850 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Hydroelectric stations generate electricity from water flowing downhill through turbines, either from a reservoir behind a dam or from a river (run-of-river). Most UK hydro capacity is in Scotland and Wales.
All UK hydro schemes and pumped-storage stations Hydro schemes and pumped-storage stations in North East All run by RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Tow Law Β· 2.31 MW onshore wind farm29.0 km
- Broomhill Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm31.1 km
- High Hedley I Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm32.1 km
- High Hedley II Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm32.1 km
- Boundary Lane Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm32.5 km
- Stripe Β· 4.98 MW solar farm34.7 km
- School Aycliffe Β· 5 MW solar farm35.8 km
- Kiln Pit Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm36.7 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 MW
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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