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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
Keadby CCGT gas power station 735 MW Operating East Midlands SSE Group
Little Barford CCGT gas power station 735 MW Operating East of England RWE Npower
Rye House Gas-fired power station 715 MW Operating East of England Vitol
EP Ballylumford CCGT CCGT gas power station 616 MW Operating Northern Ireland EPUKi
Killingholme Open-cycle gas power station 600 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Uniper UK
Kilroot Power Station Coal-fired power station 520 MW Closed County Antrim EP UK Investments
Battersea Power Station Coal-fired power station 509 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Hinkley Point A Nuclear power station 470 MW Closed Somerset NDA / NRS
Dungeness A Nuclear power station 450 MW Closed Kent NDA / NRS
Cottam Development Centre CCGT gas power station 445 MW Operating East Midlands Uniper UK
Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 434 MW Closed South Gloucestershire NDA / NRS
Great Yarmouth CCGT gas power station 420 MW Operating East of England RWE Npower
Lynemouth Power Limited Biomass power station 420 MW Operating North East EPUKi
Shoreham CCGT gas power station 420 MW Operating South East Vitol
Sizewell A Nuclear power station 420 MW Closed Suffolk NDA / NRS
CoolkeeraghESB C30 CCGT gas power station 413 MW Operating Northern Ireland ESB
Enfield CCGT gas power station 408 MW Operating London Uniper UK
Corby Power Station CCGT gas power station 407 MW Operating East Midlands ESB
Willington Power Station Coal-fired power station 400 MW Closed Derbyshire CEGB (historic)
Kings Lynn CCGT gas power station 395 MW Operating East of England RWE Npower
Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 390 MW Closed Gwynedd NDA / NRS
Uskmouth Power Station Coal-fired power station 363 MW Closed Newport SIMEC Atlantis
Bankside Power Station Coal-fired power station 300 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Hunterston A Nuclear power station 300 MW Closed Ayrshire NDA / NRS
Spalding Expansion OCGT Open-cycle gas power station 300 MW Operating East Midlands Intergen
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 276 MW Closed Gloucestershire NDA / NRS
Croydon B Power Station Coal-fired power station 255 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 246 MW Closed Essex NDA / NRS
Dounreay Nuclear Site Nuclear power station 245 MW Closed Highlands Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)
Peterborough Power Station Open-cycle gas power station 245 MW Operating East of England River Nene
Calder Hall Nuclear power station 196 MW Closed Cumbria BNFL (historic)
Chapelcross Nuclear power station 196 MW Closed Dumfries NDA / NRS
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
Wilton International Gas-fired power station 120 MW Operating North East Sembcorp Utilities
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
Heartlands Open-cycle gas power station 100 MW Operating West Midlands River Nene
Runcorn Energy from Waste Energy-from-waste plant 91 MW Operating North West Viridor Waste Management
Riverside - Energy from Waste Energy-from-waste plant 80 MW Operating London Riverside Resource Recovery
FM1 Energy-from-waste plant 79 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Co-owned by SSE Group and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc
FM2 Energy-from-waste plant 79 MW Operating Yorkshire and the Humber Co-owned by SSE Group and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc
Lerwick Oil-fired power station 67 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Markinch Biomass power station 61 MW Operating Scotland RWE Npower
Blackburn CCGT gas power station 60 MW Operating North West Vitol
Londonwaste Ltd Energy-from-waste plant 58 MW Operating London LondonEnergy
CoolkeeraghESB GT8 Oil-fired power station 53 MW Operating Northern Ireland ESB
Hythe Open-cycle gas power station 53 MW Operating South East RWE Npower
Burghfield Open-cycle gas power station 50 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.