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Eggborough — United Kingdom

Coal power plant in England, United Kingdom. Approximate location 53.7116, -1.1269.

CoalEnglandUnited KingdomGE Power: H-ClasssubcriticalAnnounced

Eggborough is a 1,960 MW coal power station in England, United Kingdom. It ranks #19 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 0.1% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

1,960MW installed capacity

2026Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR1000147.

Data status

Known data

FacilityEggborough WRI

CountryUnited Kingdom · England WRI

Coordinates53.7116, -1.1269 WRI

FuelCoal WRI

MW installed capacity1,960 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerEggborough Power Ltd WRI

Commissioned2026 WRI

Technologysubcritical · GE Power: H-Class WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#19 / 2860 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#9 / 23 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.72× · 1,140 MW · n=23 calculated

Climate9.5°C · HDD 3,092 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC3 · 26/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,960 MW, Eggborough is well above the median coal plant in United Kingdom (1,140 MW). Technically it is described as GE Power: H-Class; subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest coal power plant of 23 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 23 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 35,428 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 53.7116, -1.1269 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Eggborough?

Eggborough is a 1,960 MW coal power plant in England, United Kingdom, Announced 2026.

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