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Power stations in the UK

130 power stations with a combined 88,335 MW of installed capacity, from the UK government's register of power stations (DESNZ, DUKES table 5.11) and Octary's own records. Open any station for its capacity, operator, location map, nearby stations and source.

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StationTypeCapacityStageRegionOperator
Hinkley Point C Nuclear power station 3,260 MW Under construction South West EDF Energy
Sizewell C Nuclear power station 3,260 MW Under construction Suffolk EDF / UK Government
Drax Power Station Biomass power station 2,595 MW Operating Yorkshire Drax Group
Drax Power Station Biomass Units Biomass power station 2,580 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Drax Group
Longannet Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,400 MW Closed Scotland Scottish Power
Pembroke Gas-fired power station 2,199 MW Operating Wales RWE Npower
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,116 MW Closed Nottinghamshire Uniper
West Burton A Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,012 MW Closed Nottinghamshire EDF Energy
Cottam Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,008 MW Closed Nottinghamshire EDF Energy
Didcot A Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Oxfordshire RWE npower
Ferrybridge C Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Yorkshire SSE
Kingsnorth Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Kent E.ON UK
Fiddler's Ferry Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,995 MW Closed Cheshire SSE
Eggborough Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,960 MW Closed North Yorkshire Eggborough Power Ltd
Staythorpe CCGT gas power station 1,828 MW Operating East Midlands RWE Npower
Aberthaw B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,586 MW Closed Vale of Glamorgan RWE
Grain Gas-fired power station 1,517 MW Operating South East Uniper UK
Didcot B Gas-fired power station 1,450 MW Operating South East RWE Npower
Connahs Quay Gas-fired power station 1,380 MW Operating Wales Uniper UK
EP SHB LTD CCGT gas power station 1,365 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber EPUKi
West Burton CCGT CCGT gas power station 1,332 MW Operating East Midlands UK Transition Limited
VPI CCGT gas power station 1,252 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Vitol
Heysham 2 Nuclear power station 1,240 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
Seabank Power Ltd CCGT gas power station 1,234 MW Operating South West Co-owned by SSE Group and Cheung Kong Infrastructure Ltd
Hinkley Point B Nuclear power station 1,220 MW Closed Somerset NDA / NRS
Saltend Power Station Gas-fired power station 1,200 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Energy Capital Partners
Torness Nuclear power station 1,200 MW Operating Scotland EDF Energy
Sizewell B Nuclear power station 1,198 MW Operating East of England EDF Energy
Hartlepool Nuclear power station 1,185 MW Operating North East EDF Energy
Peterhead Gas-fired power station 1,180 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Cockenzie Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,152 MW Closed East Lothian Scottish Power
Heysham 1 Nuclear power station 1,060 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
Rugeley B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed Staffordshire Engie
Thorpe Marsh Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed South Yorkshire National Power
Tilbury B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed Essex RWE npower
Dungeness B Nuclear power station 1,040 MW Closed Kent NDA / NRS
Ironbridge B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,000 MW Closed Shropshire E.ON UK
Hunterston B Nuclear power station 980 MW Closed Ayrshire NDA / NRS
Wylfa Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 980 MW Closed Anglesey NDA / NRS
Spalding Energy Company Ltd CCGT gas power station 950 MW Operating East Midlands Intergen
High Marnham Power Station Coal-fired power station 945 MW Closed Nottinghamshire TXU Europe
EP Langage Ltd CCGT gas power station 905 MW Operating South West EPUKi
Marchwood Power CCGT gas power station 898 MW Operating South East Marchwood Power
Carrington Power CCGT gas power station 884 MW Operating North West ESB
Severn Power Ltd CCGT gas power station 850 MW Operating Wales Calon Energy
Keadby 2 Gas-fired power station 840 MW Operating East Midlands SSE Group
Rocksavage Power Company Ltd CCGT gas power station 810 MW Operating North West Intergen
Damhead Creek Gas-fired power station 805 MW Operating South East Vitol
Coryton Energy Company Ltd CCGT gas power station 800 MW Operating South East Intergen
Medway Gas-fired power station 755 MW Operating South East SSE Group
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Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table 5.11, plus Octary's records of legacy and decommissioned sites. Capacities are installed capacity, not live output. For hand-written histories and engineering diagrams of the UK's major stations, see the power stations atlas.