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Power stations in North West

7 power stations with a combined 4,185 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
Heysham 2 Nuclear power station 1,240 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
Heysham 1 Nuclear power station 1,060 MW Operating North West EDF Energy
Carrington Power CCGT gas power station 884 MW Operating North West ESB
Rocksavage Power Company Ltd CCGT gas power station 810 MW Operating North West Intergen
Runcorn Energy from Waste Energy-from-waste plant 91 MW Operating North West Viridor Waste Management
Blackburn CCGT gas power station 60 MW Operating North West Vitol
Cheshire Open-cycle gas power station 40 MW Operating North West RWE Npower
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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.