Power stations in the UK

91 power stations with a combined 45,301 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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Station	Type	Capacity	Stage	Region	Operator
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
Chickerell	Open-cycle gas power station	50 MW	Operating	South West	SSE Group
Croydon	Open-cycle gas power station	50 MW	Operating	London	River Nene
Derby	Open-cycle gas power station	50 MW	Operating	East Midlands	River Nene
Exeter	Open-cycle gas power station	50 MW	Operating	South West	River Nene
Grain (OCGT)	Oil-fired power station	50 MW	Operating	South East	Uniper UK
Viking	Open-cycle gas power station	50 MW	Operating	North East	River Nene
Peterborough Power Station PPL2 Gas Engines	Open-cycle gas power station	49 MW	Operating	East Midlands	River Nene
Wilton 11	Energy-from-waste plant	49 MW	Operating	North East	Sembcorp Utilities
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
Cheshire	Open-cycle gas power station	40 MW	Operating	North West	RWE Npower
Grimsby	Open-cycle gas power station	40 MW	Operating	Yorkshire and the Humber	RWE Npower
Thornhill	Open-cycle gas power station	40 MW	Operating	Yorkshire and the Humber	River Nene
EPR Ely Ltd	Biomass power station	38 MW	Operating	East of England	EPR
SELCHP	Energy-from-waste plant	35 MW	Operating	London	Veolia
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
Ratcliffe (OCGT)	Oil-fired power station	34 MW	Operating	East Midlands	Uniper UK
Wilton 10 Biomass	Biomass power station	33.3 MW	Operating	North East	Sembcorp Utilities
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
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
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.