Walpole power station — United Kingdom

Walpole power station is a 2,000 MW gas power station in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It ranks #16 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_walpole_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 2,000 MW, Walpole power station is well above the median gas plant in United Kingdom (115 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #4 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

• Sutton Bridge · Gas · 819 MW · England
• Grange · Wind · 14 MW · England
• Rose And Crown Farm · Solar · 30 MW · England
• Long Sutton Butterfly And Wildlife Park (extension) · Solar · 1 MW · England
• Long Sutton Butterfly And Wildlife Park · Solar · 1.7 MW · England
• King's Lynn power station · Gas · 395 MW · Norfolk

Location

Coordinates 52.7523, 0.2522 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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