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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
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
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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.