Power plants in United KingdomA directory of 2,860 power plants in United Kingdom with a combined installed capacity of 165,546 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
Across the 14 United Kingdom power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 1.1 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Steven's Croft (cogeneration), accounts for about 35% of that 14-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — E.ON (formerly Powergen), Viridor, Dundee Energy Recycling — control roughly 87% of that 14-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.
CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longannet power station | Coal | 4,856 |
| 2 | Kingsnorth power station | Coal | 3,772 |
| 3 | Moorside nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 3,405 |
| 4 | Moorside Clean Energy Hub nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 3,200 |
| 5 | Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,760 |
| 6 | Cockenzie power station | Coal | 2,456 |
| 7 | Grangemouth (GBTron) power station | Gas | 2,400 |
| 8 | Pembroke | Gas | 2,305 |
| 9 | Ferrybridge-C power station | Gas | 2,300 |
| 10 | Bradwell B nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,300 |
| 11 | Didcot power station | Coal | 2,172 |
| 12 | Fiddler's Ferry power station | Coal | 2,132 |
| 13 | West Burton | Coal | 2,012 |
| 14 | Cottam | Coal | 2,000 |
| 15 | Ratcliffe | Coal | 2,000 |
| 16 | Walpole power station | Gas | 2,000 |
| 17 | King's Lynn-B power station | Gas | 1,999 |
| 18 | Drax | Biomass | 1,980 |
| 19 | Eggborough | Coal | 1,960 |
| 20 | Dinorwig | Hydro | 1,800 |
Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — United Kingdom. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/united-kingdom/
There are 2,860 power plants in United Kingdom in this open dataset, with about 165,546 MW of total capacity.
Longannet power station is the largest at about 4,856 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (1170 plants), across 12 fuel types in total.
United Kingdom's grid carbon intensity is about 217 gCO₂/kWh, with 64.4% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
