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Power stations in London

9 power stations with a combined 1,839 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
Battersea Power Station Coal-fired power station 509 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Enfield CCGT gas power station 408 MW Operating London Uniper UK
Bankside Power Station Coal-fired power station 300 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Croydon B Power Station Coal-fired power station 255 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Taylors Lane Oil-fired power station 144 MW Operating London Uniper UK
Riverside - Energy from Waste Energy-from-waste plant 80 MW Operating London Riverside Resource Recovery
Londonwaste Ltd Energy-from-waste plant 58 MW Operating London LondonEnergy
Croydon Open-cycle gas power station 50 MW Operating London River Nene
SELCHP Energy-from-waste plant 35 MW Operating London Veolia
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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.