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Dirtiest power plants in United Kingdom by CO₂

The highest-emitting power plants in United Kingdom ranked by measured annual CO₂. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryt CO₂/yr
1Steven's CroftCogenerationUnited Kingdom396,862
2DunbarWasteUnited Kingdom328,663
3Dunbar Power PlantWasteUnited Kingdom328,663
4BaldovieWasteUnited Kingdom246,946
5CoolkeeraghGasUnited Kingdom57,770
6SolutiaWindUnited Kingdom44,120
7Iggesund Paperboard CHP PlantBiomassUnited Kingdom28,571
8Liberty Steel Power StationBiomassUnited Kingdom16,588
9Liberty Steel DalzellBiomassUnited Kingdom11,994
10LynemouthWindUnited Kingdom10,422
11Cleveland PotashStorageUnited Kingdom8,882
12SloughCogenerationUnited Kingdom7,149
13CorbyGasUnited Kingdom6,647
14Workington (Eastman)WindUnited Kingdom6,425
15ImminghamWasteUnited Kingdom6,263
16Wolverhampton EfWWasteUnited Kingdom4,109
17RuabonWasteUnited Kingdom3,225
18ThetfordBiomassUnited Kingdom2,072
19Discovery ParkBiomassUnited Kingdom1,355

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from EPA/EU ETS/Climate TRACE; measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.