Thurrock Flexible power station — United Kingdom

Thurrock Flexible power station is a 450 MW gas power station in Essex, United Kingdom. It ranks #89 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_thurrockflexible_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 450 MW, Thurrock Flexible power station is well above the median gas plant in United Kingdom (115 MW). 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 #38 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

• Tilbury Green Power · Biomass · 43 MW · England
• Tilbury power station · Coal · 978 MW · Thurrock
• Port of Tilbury · Wind · 9.2 MW · England
• Barvills Solar Farm (resubmission) · Solar · 5 MW · England
• Mucking Gas 2 Landfill Scheme · Waste · 3.8 MW · England
• Mucking Gas 3 Landfill Scheme · Waste · 3.9 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 51.4642, 0.3639 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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