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Biomass power stations in the UK

13 biomass power stations with a combined 5,925 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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Biomass power stations burn organic material such as wood pellets, energy crops or agricultural residues to raise steam for a turbine.

StationTypeCapacityStageRegionOperator
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
Lynemouth Power Limited Biomass power station 420 MW Operating North East EPUKi
Markinch Biomass power station 61 MW Operating Scotland RWE Npower
Steven's Croft Biomass power station 46 MW Operating Scotland E.ON
EPR Thetford Ltd Biomass power station 41.5 MW Operating East of England EPR
EPR Ely Ltd Biomass power station 38 MW Operating East of England EPR
Slough Heat & Power Biomass power station 35 MW Operating South East SSE Group
Blackburn Meadows Biomass power station 34 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber E.ON
Wilton 10 Biomass Biomass power station 33.3 MW Operating North East Sembcorp Utilities
EPR Eye Ltd Biomass power station 14.3 MW Operating East of England EPR
EPR Glanford Ltd Biomass power station 14 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber EPR
EPR Scotland Ltd Biomass power station 12.5 MW Operating Scotland EPR
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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.