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RWE npower — power plant portfolio

RWE npower operates 39 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 9,387 MW.

39power plants
9,387MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Wind: 20 plants20WindGas: 9 plants9GasHydro: 8 plants8HydroCoal: 1 plants1CoalBiomass: 1 plants1Biomass

Fleet interpretation

RWE npower is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United Kingdom (39).

The fuel mix by asset count is wind (20), gas (9), hydro (8), coal (1). The largest listed asset is Pembroke in United Kingdom (2,305 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 244 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 39 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
PembrokeGasUnited Kingdom2,305
Staythorpe CGasUnited Kingdom1,772
Aberthaw BCoalUnited Kingdom1,586
Didcot BGasUnited Kingdom1,440
Little BarfordGasUnited Kingdom735
Great YarmouthGasUnited Kingdom420
Galloper Wind FarmWindUnited Kingdom353
CowesGasUnited Kingdom140
Didcot GTGasUnited Kingdom100
Rhyl FlatsWindUnited Kingdom90
Little Cheyne CourtWindUnited Kingdom60
Brechfa Forest WestWindUnited Kingdom57
Aberthaw GTGasUnited Kingdom51
Novar 2WindUnited Kingdom37
Aberthaw Power Station BiomassBiomassUnited Kingdom35
Goole Fields 2WindUnited Kingdom35
CarnoWindUnited Kingdom34
Goole FieldsWindUnited Kingdom33
Ffynnon OerWindUnited Kingdom32
Burn of WhilkWindUnited Kingdom22
An SuidheWindUnited Kingdom19
Little Barford GTGasUnited Kingdom17
Meall an Tuirc Wind FarmWindUnited Kingdom17
Carno 'A' Wind FarmWindUnited Kingdom17
Knabs RidgeWindUnited Kingdom16
Carno 'A'and 'B' Wind Farm (Extension)WindUnited Kingdom16
LochelbankWindUnited Kingdom10
Bendealt Wind Farm HighlandWindUnited Kingdom9
Beinn GhlasWindUnited Kingdom8
TrysglwynWindUnited Kingdom6
MaldieHydroUnited Kingdom4
Black RockHydroUnited Kingdom4
Cia AigHydroUnited Kingdom3
Douglas WaterHydroUnited Kingdom3
River EHydroUnited Kingdom3
InverlaelHydroUnited Kingdom2
GarrogieHydroUnited Kingdom2
Tow LawWindUnited Kingdom2
GrudieHydroUnited Kingdom2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does RWE npower operate?

RWE npower operates 39 power plants across 1 country, with about 9,387 MW of total capacity.

What is RWE npower's largest power plant?

Pembroke in United Kingdom is its largest at about 2,305 MW.

What types of power plants does RWE npower run?

Its fleet is mostly wind (20), gas (9), hydro (8).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology