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Power stations in South East

13 power stations with a combined 7,073 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
Grain Gas-fired power station 1,517 MW Operating South East Uniper UK
Didcot B Gas-fired power station 1,450 MW Operating South East RWE Npower
Marchwood Power CCGT gas power station 898 MW Operating South East Marchwood Power
Damhead Creek Gas-fired power station 805 MW Operating South East Vitol
Coryton Energy Company Ltd CCGT gas power station 800 MW Operating South East Intergen
Medway Gas-fired power station 755 MW Operating South East SSE Group
Shoreham CCGT gas power station 420 MW Operating South East Vitol
Cowes Oil-fired power station 140 MW Operating South East RWE Npower
Didcot GT Oil-fired power station 100 MW Operating South East RWE Npower
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
Grain (OCGT) Oil-fired power station 50 MW Operating South East Uniper UK
Slough Heat & Power Biomass power station 35 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.