Grain (OCGT)
Grain (OCGT) is a 50 MW oil-fired power station in South East England, operated by Uniper UK. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Single cycle
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 50 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Fossil Fuel Β· Single cycle
- Operator
- Uniper UK
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ME3 0AR
Location
No coordinates are published for this station.
How Grain (OCGT) compares
Oil-fired stations and diesel engines are now used mainly for back-up, island systems and short periods of peak demand in the UK.
All oil-fired power stations Power stations in South EastAlso operated by Uniper UK
Uniper UK operates 8 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Grain Β· gas-fired power station1,517 MW
- Connahs Quay Β· gas-fired power station1,380 MW
- Killingholme Β· open-cycle gas power station600 MW
- Cottam Development Centre Β· CCGT gas power station445 MW
- Enfield Β· CCGT gas power station408 MW
- Taylors Lane Β· oil-fired power station144 MW
- Ratcliffe (OCGT) Β· oil-fired power station34 MW
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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