Oil-fired power stations in the UK

17 oil-fired power stations with a combined 932 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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Oil-fired stations and diesel engines are now used mainly for back-up, island systems and short periods of peak demand in the UK.

Station	Type	Capacity	Stage	Region	Operator
Taylors Lane	Oil-fired power station	144 MW	Operating	London	Uniper UK
Cowes	Oil-fired power station	140 MW	Operating	South East	RWE Npower
Indian Queens Power Ltd	Oil-fired power station	140 MW	Operating	South West	Energy Capital Partners
EP Ballylumford	Oil-fired power station	116 MW	Operating	Northern Ireland	EPUKi
Didcot GT	Oil-fired power station	100 MW	Operating	South East	RWE Npower
Lerwick	Oil-fired power station	67 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
CoolkeeraghESB GT8	Oil-fired power station	53 MW	Operating	Northern Ireland	ESB
Grain (OCGT)	Oil-fired power station	50 MW	Operating	South East	Uniper UK
Ratcliffe (OCGT)	Oil-fired power station	34 MW	Operating	East Midlands	Uniper UK
Stornoway	Oil-fired power station	23 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Little Barford GT	Oil-fired power station	17 MW	Operating	East Midlands	RWE Npower
Kirkwall	Oil-fired power station	16 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Loch Carnan	Oil-fired power station	11 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Arnish	Oil-fired power station	10 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Bowmore	Oil-fired power station	6 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Barra	Oil-fired power station	2.5 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group
Tiree	Oil-fired power station	2.5 MW	Operating	Scotland	SSE Group

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.