Whitetail Clean Energy power station — United Kingdom

Whitetail Clean Energy power station is a 300 MW gas power station in Durham, United Kingdom. It ranks #111 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_whitetailclean_united.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 300 MW, Whitetail Clean Energy power station is well above the median gas plant in United Kingdom (115 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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 #47 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

• Imperial Park · Biomass · 5.1 MW · England
• 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
• Seal Sands power station · Gas · 55 MW · Durham
• Tees Combined-Cycle Power Plant · Gas · 1,700 MW · North Yorkshire

Location

Coordinates 54.588889, -1.1875 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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