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Power plants in United Kingdom

A directory of 2,751 power plants in United Kingdom with a combined installed capacity of 97,155 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

2,751power plants
97,155MW total capacity
12fuel types
19with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (United Kingdom)

Solar: 1,170 plants1kSolarWind: 780 plants780WindWaste: 329 plants329WasteBiomass: 226 plants226BiomassHydro: 119 plants119HydroGas: 55 plants55GasStorage: 31 plants31StorageOil: 11 plants11Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

217gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
64.4%low-carbon electricity
52.0%renewables
35.6%fossil fuels
Gas: 31 % of electricity31GasWind: 29 % of electricity29WindBioenergy: 14 % of electricity14BioenergyNuclear: 12 % of electricity12NuclearSolar: 7 % of electricity7SolarOil: 4 % of electricity4OilHydro: 2 % of electricity2HydroCoal: 0 % of electricity0Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in United Kingdom

#PlantFuelMW
1PembrokeGas2,180
2West BurtonCoal2,012
3CottamCoal2,008
4RatcliffeCoal2,000
5DraxCoal1,980
6EggboroughCoal1,960
7DinorwigHydro1,800
8Staythorpe CGas1,772
9DinorwigHydro1,728
10Aberthaw BCoal1,586
11Didcot BGas1,470
12Grain CHPCogeneration1,404
13Connahs QuayGas1,380
14West Burton CCGTGas1,332
15South Humber BankGas1,310
16VPI ImminghamCogeneration1,240
17Heysham 2Nuclear1,230
18Hornsea 1 - Heron & NjordWind1,200
19SaltendGas1,200
20Sizewell BNuclear1,198

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Solar (1170)Wind (780)Waste (329)Biomass (226)Hydro (119)Gas (55)Storage (31)Oil (11)Coal (8)Nuclear (8)Wave and Tidal (7)Cogeneration (7)