Progress power station — United Kingdom

Progress power station is a 299 MW gas power station in Suffolk, United Kingdom. It ranks #115 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. 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_progress_united.

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 299 MW, Progress power station is well above the median gas plant in United Kingdom (115 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #51 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

• Eye Suffolk · Biomass · 14.3 MW · England
• Humphrey Group · Wind · 5 MW · England
• Kenninghall Solar Farm · Solar · 8 MW · England
• Mid Suffolk Home Solar Scheme · Solar · 4.8 MW · England
• Airfield Farm PV · Solar · 5 MW · England
• Snetterton Biomass Plant · Biomass · 44.2 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 52.31961, 1.14621 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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