Hartlepool — United Kingdom

Hartlepool is a 1,180 MW nuclear power station in England, United Kingdom. It ranks #41 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 12.4% 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 GBR1000053.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000500373; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,180 MW, Hartlepool is well above the median nuclear plant in United Kingdom (965 MW). Technically it is described as small modular reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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 nuclear power plant of 25 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 25 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 27,683 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Dean Group Business Park - Hartlepool · Biomass · 5.1 MW · England
• Seal Sands power station · Gas · 55 MW · Durham
• Viking power station · Gas · 50 MW · Durham
• Saltholme North power station · Gas · 50.4 MW · Durham
• Saltholme South power station · Gas · 50.4 MW · Durham
• Net Zero Teesside power station · Gas · 742 MW · Teesside

Location

Coordinates 54.6341, -1.1801 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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