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Closed power stations in the UK

37 power stations with a combined 36,514 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
Longannet Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,400 MW Closed Scotland Scottish Power
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,116 MW Closed Nottinghamshire Uniper
West Burton A Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,012 MW Closed Nottinghamshire EDF Energy
Cottam Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,008 MW Closed Nottinghamshire EDF Energy
Didcot A Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Oxfordshire RWE npower
Ferrybridge C Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Yorkshire SSE
Kingsnorth Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,000 MW Closed Kent E.ON UK
Fiddler's Ferry Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,995 MW Closed Cheshire SSE
Eggborough Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,960 MW Closed North Yorkshire Eggborough Power Ltd
Aberthaw B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,586 MW Closed Vale of Glamorgan RWE
Hinkley Point B Nuclear power station 1,220 MW Closed Somerset NDA / NRS
Cockenzie Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,152 MW Closed East Lothian Scottish Power
Rugeley B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed Staffordshire Engie
Thorpe Marsh Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed South Yorkshire National Power
Tilbury B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,050 MW Closed Essex RWE npower
Dungeness B Nuclear power station 1,040 MW Closed Kent NDA / NRS
Ironbridge B Power Station Coal-fired power station 1,000 MW Closed Shropshire E.ON UK
Hunterston B Nuclear power station 980 MW Closed Ayrshire NDA / NRS
Wylfa Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 980 MW Closed Anglesey NDA / NRS
High Marnham Power Station Coal-fired power station 945 MW Closed Nottinghamshire TXU Europe
Kilroot Power Station Coal-fired power station 520 MW Closed County Antrim EP UK Investments
Battersea Power Station Coal-fired power station 509 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Hinkley Point A Nuclear power station 470 MW Closed Somerset NDA / NRS
Dungeness A Nuclear power station 450 MW Closed Kent NDA / NRS
Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 434 MW Closed South Gloucestershire NDA / NRS
Sizewell A Nuclear power station 420 MW Closed Suffolk NDA / NRS
Willington Power Station Coal-fired power station 400 MW Closed Derbyshire CEGB (historic)
Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 390 MW Closed Gwynedd NDA / NRS
Uskmouth Power Station Coal-fired power station 363 MW Closed Newport SIMEC Atlantis
Bankside Power Station Coal-fired power station 300 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Hunterston A Nuclear power station 300 MW Closed Ayrshire NDA / NRS
Berkeley Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 276 MW Closed Gloucestershire NDA / NRS
Croydon B Power Station Coal-fired power station 255 MW Closed London CEGB (historic)
Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Nuclear power station 246 MW Closed Essex NDA / NRS
Dounreay Nuclear Site Nuclear power station 245 MW Closed Highlands Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)
Calder Hall Nuclear power station 196 MW Closed Cumbria BNFL (historic)
Chapelcross Nuclear power station 196 MW Closed Dumfries NDA / NRS
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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.