Wrexham Energy Centre — United Kingdom

Wrexham Energy Centre is a 299 MW gas power station in Wrexham (Wales), United Kingdom. It ranks #116 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_wrexhamcentre_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, Wrexham Energy Centre 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 “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 #52 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

• William's Farm · Solar · 4.2 MW · Wales
• Sesswick A · Solar · 4 MW · Wales
• Land NW Of Pickhill Bridge Farm · Solar · 3.6 MW · Wales
• Wrexham Social Housing PV · Solar · 5.4 MW · Wales
• Bronwylfa Reservoir · Solar · 3 MW · Wales
• Ruabon · Waste · 2.1 MW · Wales

Location

Coordinates 53.0402, -2.93303 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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