Silvertown Quays, London

Project overview

Silvertown Quays is a major regeneration project to reawaken an iconic East London neighbourhood.

In partnership with the local community and public sector, global real estate group Lendlease and private investment firm Starwood Capital will bring the 50-acre dockside site back to life.

As well as featuring 6,500 new homes, Silvertown is expected to become a new cultural hub for the Royal Docks with brand-new arts and leisure facilities, cafés, restaurants and bars.

As part of this project, the derelict Millennium Mills building – pictured above – will be fully restored to become the centrepiece of the new community.

At mua, we’re proud to be part of this landmark project, appointed as the independent distribution network operator (IDNO) for the adoption of the electricity network on the development.

The challenge

The Silvertown Quays project will see the redevelopment of a brownfield site next to London City Airport. Given the size of the new site, it requires three separate points of connection to provide enough electricity to power the new homes, businesses and leisure facilities.

Our solution

We’ve worked closely with Lendlease, the ICP and the distribution network operator (DNO) to design an electricity network that accommodates this unique development.

In designing our network, we’ve not just needed to consider the scale of the development and its power needs, but we also need to consider the highly congested location of the site, which is bordered by multiple transport routes and existing infrastructure.