Cheshire power station — United Kingdom

Cheshire power station is a 62.5 MW gas power plant in Cheshire, United Kingdom. It is operated by RWE Generation UK PLC [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 70k homes (estimated). It ranks #213 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 31.1% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_cheshire_united.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 40 MW for Cheshire power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 62.5 MW, Cheshire power station is below the median gas plant in United Kingdom (115 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of United Kingdom gas capacity

0.1% of 52,329 MW across 130 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

32 of 97 dated gas plants in United Kingdom are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in United Kingdom

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by RWE Generation UK PLC [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #73 largest gas power plant of 130 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 130 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 52,329 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• North Road power station · Gas · 22.5 MW · Halton
• Stanlow Refinery power station · Gas · 200 MW · Cheshire West and Chester
• Bromborough Dock · Waste · 3.7 MW · England
• Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme · Waste · 3 MW · England
• Aldi Distribution Centre - Neston · Solar · 1.2 MW · England
• Ince Bio Power · Biomass · 21.5 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 53.303035, -2.924111 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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