List of power stations in England
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This is a list of the electricity-generating power station
s in England, sorted by type and name.
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Dedicated biomass:
Proposed biomass:
The following plants can co-fire coal and biofuels:
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Note there are various definitions of generating capacity which will result in variation between the different sources.
In the UK there is also:
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Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
s in England, sorted by type and name.
Biofuels
Biofuel (or biomass) power stationsBiomass
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....
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Dedicated biomass:
- Ely power station 38MW (straw/gas) (EPR)
- Eye power station 12.7MW (animal waste derived fuel) (EPR)
- Glanford power stationGlanford Power StationGlanford Power Station is an electricity generating plant located on the Flixborough Industrial Estate near Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. It generates around 13.5 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to provide power to about 32,000 homes...
13MW (meat and bone meal) - Thetford power station 39MW (poultry litter) (EPR)
- Wilton 10Wilton Power StationThe Wilton power stations refers to a series of coal, oil, gas and biomass fired CHP power stations which provide electricity and heat for the Wilton International Complex, with excess electricity being sold to the National Grid. It is located on the Wilton site in Redcar and Cleveland, south of...
30MW (SembCorp)
Proposed biomass:
- AvonmouthAvonmouthAvonmouth is a port and suburb of Bristol, England, located on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon.The council ward of Avonmouth also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.- Geography :...
100MW (Helius Energy) - Barton-upon-IrwellBarton-upon-IrwellBarton-upon-Irwell is a suburban area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England.-History:...
20MW renewable energy plant - Blackburn MeadowsBlackburn MeadowsBlackburn Meadows is an area of land in England, just inside the Sheffield city border at Tinsley, which became the location of the main sewage treatment works for the city in 1884...
25MW planning approved (E.ON) - Brigg renewable energy plant 40MW planning approved (Eco2)
- Drax Ouse Renewable Energy PlantDrax Ouse Renewable Energy PlantDrax Ouse Renewable Energy Plant is one of the three proposed 300 MW biomass-fired renewable energy plants in the United Kingdom, which is developed by Drax Power Limited and Siemens Power Ventures GmbH...
300MW (Drax/Siemens) - Immingham Heron Renewable Energy Plant 300MW (Drax/Siemens)
- Portbury Dock 150MW (E.ON)
- SleafordSleafordSleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...
40MW planning approved - StallingboroughStallingboroughStallingborough is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, a short distance from both Grimsby and Immingham. The parish stretches from Lincolnshire to the Humber coast, and includes the hamlet of Little London.-Geography:...
65MW (RWE npower)
The following plants can co-fire coal and biofuels:
- Cottam Power StationCottam Power StationThe Cottam power stations are a pair of power stations, located on the River Trent at Cottam near Retford in Nottinghamshire. The largest of the two is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1969 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, and has a generating capacity of 1,970...
- Didcot A Power Station
- Drax Power Station
- Ferrybridge Power StationFerrybridge power stationThe Ferrybridge power stations refers to a series of three coal-fired power stations situated on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. The first station on the site, Ferrybridge A power station, was constructed in the mid-1920s, and was closed as the second station, Ferrybridge B power...
- Fiddlers Ferry Power StationFiddlers Ferry Power StationFiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington. Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of...
- Lynemouth Power StationLynemouth Power StationAlcan Lynemouth Power Station is a coal and biomass fired power station which provides electricity for the Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter and the National Grid. It is located on the coast of Northumberland, north east of the town of Ashington in North East England...
- Slough Heat and PowerSlough Trading EstateThe Slough Trading Estate founded in Slough, Berkshire in 1920, was an early business park in the United Kingdom. According to the estate's owners and operators, SEGRO , Slough Trading Estate consists of of commercial property in Slough and provides of accommodation to 500 businesses and has...
- Tilbury Power StationTilbury Power StationThe Tilbury power stations refer to a series of two power stations on the north bank of the River Thames at Tilbury, in Essex, England. The 1,428 MW Tilbury B Power Station has operated since 1967 and fires coal, as well as co-firing oil and biomass. The former oil-fired 360 megawatts ...
- West Burton Power StationWest Burton Power StationThe West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough, in Nottinghamshire, England, located between Bole to the north and Sturton le Steeple to the south. One is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle...
Nuclear power stations
Nuclear power stationsNuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
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- Dungeness B Power Station 1080MW (predicted closure 2018)
- Hartlepool Power Station 1210MW (predicted closure 2014)
- Heysham Power Station Stage 1 1200MW (predicted closure 2014)
- Heysham Power Station Stage 2 1200MW (predicted closure 2023)
- Hinkley Point B Power StationHinkley Point B nuclear power stationHinkley Point B is a nuclear power station near Bridgwater, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel coast of south west England.-History:The construction of Hinkley Point B, which was undertaken by a consortium known as The Nuclear Power Group , started in 1967. The reactors were supplied by TNPG and the...
1260MW (predicted closure 2016) - Sizewell B Power Station 1200MW
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- Berkeley Power StationBerkeley nuclear power stationBerkeley nuclear power station is a disused Magnox power station situated on the bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England.-History:The construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium of AEI and John Thompson began in 1956....
- Bradwell Power Station
- Calder Hall Power Station
- Dungeness A Power Station
- Hinkley Point A Power StationHinkley Point A nuclear power stationHinkley Point A nuclear power station was a Magnox power station located on a site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, west of the River Parrett estuary.-History:...
- Sizewell A Power Station
- Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor
- Winfrith Steam Generating Heavy Water ReactorWinfrithWinfrith was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Bovington Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the London Waterloo to Weymouth railway line....
Proposed
- Hinkley Point C Power StationHinkley Point C nuclear power stationHinkley Point C nuclear power station is a proposed development for a new nuclear power station in Somerset, England.In September 2008 it was announced, by Electricité de France the new owners of Hinkley Point B, that a third, twin-unit European Pressurised Reactor reactor is planned for Hinkley...
- Sizewell C Power Station
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- Cottam Power StationCottam Power StationThe Cottam power stations are a pair of power stations, located on the River Trent at Cottam near Retford in Nottinghamshire. The largest of the two is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1969 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, and has a generating capacity of 1,970...
2008MW, EDFEDF EnergyEDF Energy is an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom... - Didcot A Power Station 1958MW, RWENpower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
, co-fires gas and biofuel (to close by end 2015) - Drax power station 3870MW, Drax GroupDrax GroupDrax Group plc is a British electrical power generation company. The company's principal subsidiary is Drax Power Limited, owner of the Drax power station near Selby in North Yorkshire, the largest coal-fired power station in Europe which supplies about 7% of UK electrical consumption...
, co-fires biofuel - Eggborough Power StationEggborough Power StationEggborough Power Station is a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing biomass. It is siuated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough...
1960MW, Eggborough Power Limited - Ferrybridge Power StationFerrybridge power stationThe Ferrybridge power stations refers to a series of three coal-fired power stations situated on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. The first station on the site, Ferrybridge A power station, was constructed in the mid-1920s, and was closed as the second station, Ferrybridge B power...
1995MW, SSE, co-fires biofuel (units 1 and 2 to close by end 2015) - Fiddlers Ferry Power StationFiddlers Ferry Power StationFiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington. Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of...
1961MW, SSE, co-fires biofuel - Ironbridge Power StationIronbridge Power StationThe Ironbridge power stations refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations which have occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. The current Ironbridge B power station is operated by E.ON UK...
(or Buildwas Power Station) 970MW, E.OnE.ON UKE.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...
(to close by end 2015) - Kingsnorth power stationKingsnorth power stationKingsnorth is a dual-fired coal and oil power station on the Hoo Peninsula at Medway in Kent, South East England. The four-unit station is owned and operated by energy firm E.ON UK, and has a generating capacity of 1,940 megawatts. It is capable of operating on either coal or oil though in practice...
1940MW, E.OnE.ON UKE.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...
, co-fires oil (A station to close by end 2015) - Lynemouth Power StationLynemouth Power StationAlcan Lynemouth Power Station is a coal and biomass fired power station which provides electricity for the Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter and the National Grid. It is located on the coast of Northumberland, north east of the town of Ashington in North East England...
420MW, Alcan, co-fires biofuel - Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power StationRatcliffe-on-Soar Power StationRatcliffe-on-Soar power station is a coal-fired power station operated by E.ON UK at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the then Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW...
2000MW, E.OnE.ON UKE.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of... - Rugeley Power StationRugeley Power StationThe Rugeley power stations are a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in...
1006MW, IPInternational PowerInternational Power PLC is an international electricity generator formed in 2000 by the demerger of National Power. It is headquartered at Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London... - Tilbury Power StationTilbury Power StationThe Tilbury power stations refer to a series of two power stations on the north bank of the River Thames at Tilbury, in Essex, England. The 1,428 MW Tilbury B Power Station has operated since 1967 and fires coal, as well as co-firing oil and biomass. The former oil-fired 360 megawatts ...
1038MW, RWENpower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
, co-fires oil (to close by end 2015) - West Burton Power StationWest Burton Power StationThe West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough, in Nottinghamshire, England, located between Bole to the north and Sturton le Steeple to the south. One is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle...
1972MW, EDFEDF EnergyEDF Energy is an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom... - Wilton Power StationWilton Power StationThe Wilton power stations refers to a series of coal, oil, gas and biomass fired CHP power stations which provide electricity and heat for the Wilton International Complex, with excess electricity being sold to the National Grid. It is located on the Wilton site in Redcar and Cleveland, south of...
197MW, SembCorp Industries
Closed
- Acton Lane Power StationActon Lane Power StationActon Lane Power Station was a power station in west London. The station was located to the south of the Grand Union Canal and west of the Dudding Hill railway line.-History:...
(demolished) - Agecroft Power StationAgecroft Power StationAgecroft Power Station refers to three now demolished coal-fired power stations, which were situated between the eastern bank of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and the western bank of the River Irwell at Agecroft, Pendlebury, near Manchester, North West England.-History:Agecroft Hall, an...
(demolished) - Back o' th' Bank Power Station (demolished)
- Barking A,B and C Power Stations (demolished)
- Barton Power StationBarton Power StationBarton Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Trafford Park on the Bridgewater Canal, near Eccles in Greater Manchester, England.-History:The construction of the station began in 1920 and operation began in 1923...
(demolished) - Battersea Power StationBattersea Power StationBattersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, South London. The station comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built first in the...
- Berwick-upon-Tweed Power StationBerwick-upon-Tweed Power StationBerwick Power Station was a small coal-fired power station situated at the mouth of the River Tweed, at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, North East England....
(demolished) - Birchills Power StationBirchills Power StationBirchills Power Station was a coal-fired power station near Walsall in the West Midlands, England.-History:The first power station on the site was built for Walsall Corporation. Work began in 1914, and electricity was being generated by 1916, although the project was not officially completed until...
(or Walsall Power Station) (demolished) - Blackburn Meadows Power StationBlackburn Meadows Power StationBlackburn Meadows Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the River Don, between Sheffield and Rotherham. It is well known for its two iconic cooling towers which were demolished on 24 August 2008.-History:...
(demolished) - Blackwall Point Power StationBlackwall Point Power StationBlackwall Point Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the east side of the Greenwich Peninsula, in London. An early station from the 1890s was replaced in the 1950s by a new station, which ceased operation in 1980...
(demolished) - Blaydon Burn Power StationBlaydon Burn Power StationThe power station was constructed in 1904 to utilise waste heat produced by the coke ovens. The heat was piped from the coke ovens to under four land-type Babcock and Wilcox boilers, each with 500 HP capacity. The boilers supplied steam for two 275 kilowatt Parsons three phase turbo...
(demolished) - Bloom Street Power Station (or Dickinson Street or Winser Street Power Station)
- Blyth Power StationBlyth Power StationBlyth Power Station refers to a pair of now demolished coal-fired power stations, which were located on the Northumberland coast in North East England. The two stations were built alongside each other on a site near Cambois in Northumberland, on the northern bank of the River Blyth, between its...
(demolished, except admin block, gate house, and National Grid buildings) - Bold Power StationBold Power StationBold Power Station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations situated in Bold near St Helens in Merseyside, North West England.-History:...
(demolished) - Bradford Power Station (demolished)
- Brighton A and B Power StationsShoreham Power StationShoreham Power Station is a 400MWe combined cycle gas-fired power station in Southwick, West Sussex. It was built on the site of the Brighton A & B Power Stations. Predating these stations, town of Brighton has a long history of electrical supply....
(also known as Shoreham or Southwick Power Station) (demolished) - Brimsdown Power StationBrimsdown Power StationBrimsdown Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the Lee Navigation at Brimsdown in Enfield, North London. The station had seven cooling towers which were visible from a wide area.-History:...
(demolished) - Brunswick Wharf Power StationBrunswick Wharf Power StationBrunswick Wharf Power Station was a coal and oil-fired power station on the River Thames at Blackwall in London...
(demolished) - Carrington Power StationCarrington Power StationCarrington Power Station refers to a now demolished coal-fired power station, built at the meeting of the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey in Trafford, Greater Manchester in North West England...
(demolished) - Carlisle Willowholme Power Station (demolished)
- Carville Power StationCarville Power StationCarville Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated in Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne, in North East England. Two power stations stood on the site over the years; Carville A Power Station, the first station on the site, and Carville B Power Station...
(demolished except turbine hall) - Castle Donington Power StationCastle Donington Power StationCastle Donington Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the River Trent near Castle Donington, Leicestershire, south-east of Derby. Construction began in 1951, and the station opened in 1958. The station had six 100 megawatt generating units, with the turbo-generators...
(demolished) - Chadderton Power StationChadderton Power StationChadderton Power Station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations, which were situated at Chadderton, Greater Manchester in North West England.-History:...
(demolished) - The Close Power StationThe Close Power StationClose Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside, in Tyne and Wear. The station was built by the Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company in 1902, near their Forth Banks Power Station....
(demolished) - Commercial Road Power Station (cooling tower and chimney demolished)
- Croydon Power A and B StationsCroydon Power StationThe Croydon power stations refers to a pair of demolished coal-fired power stations and to a gas-fired power station in the Purley Way area of Croydon, London. The coal-fired stations operated from 1896 until 1984, and the gas-fired station opened in 1999...
(demolished except chimneys) - Darlington Power StationDarlington Power StationDarlington power station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations situated in Darlington in County Durham, North East England.-History:...
(demolished) - Deptford Power StationDeptford Power StationDeptford Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the south bank of the River Thames at Deptford, south east London.-Deptford East:The first station was designed in 1887 by Sebastian de Ferranti for the London Electric Supply Corporation. It was located at the Stowage, a site to the west of...
(demolished) - Doncaster Power StationDoncaster Power StationDoncaster Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated in the centre of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber. It was located on the "island" surrounded by the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation . It opened in 1954 and received significant...
(demolished) - Drakelow A, B and C Power StationsDrakelow Power StationDrakelow Power Station refers to a series of three now demolished coal-fired power stations located south of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Trent. However, the station was actually located in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands...
(demolished) - Dunston Power StationDunston Power StationDunston Power Station refers to a pair of adjacent coal-fired power stations in the North East of England, now demolished. They were built on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the western outskirts of Dunston in Gateshead. The two stations were built on a site which is now occupied by the...
(demolished) - East Yelland Power Station (demolished)
- Elland Power StationElland Power StationElland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on a loop of the River Calder, north east of the town of Elland in West Yorkshire.-History:The construction of Elland Power Station was planned in 1945. Building work began in 1951...
(demolished) - Fleetwood Power Station (demolished)
- Forth Banks Power StationForth Banks Power StationForth Banks Power Station refers to a now-demolished coal-fired power station in North East England. It was situated in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne on Forth Banks, a street to the rear of Newcastle's Central Station...
- Fulham Power StationFulham Power StationFulham Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the north bank of the River Thames at Battersea Reach in Fulham, London, not to be confused with Lots Road Power Station, a mile or so downstream in Chelsea.-History:...
- Great Yarmouth A and B Power StationsGreat Yarmouth Power StationGreat Yarmouth Power Station is Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power station on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk with a maximum output of 420MW electricity, opened in 2001. It is built on the site of an oil-fired power station, built in 1958 and closed and demolished in the 1990s...
(demolished) - Greenwich Power StationGreenwich Power StationGreenwich Power Station is a standby oil, gas, and formerly coal-fired power station on the River Thames at Greenwich in south-east London. Despite being over one hundred years old, the station is still available as a back-up electricity source for the London Underground...
- Hackney Power StationHackney Power StationHackney Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated at Lea Bridge on the River Lee Navigation in London.-History:...
(partially demolished) - Hams Hall Power StationHams Hall Power StationHams Hall Power Station refers to a series of three, now demolished coal-fired power stations, situated in Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England, from Birmingham.-Hams Hall A:...
(demolished) - Hartshead Power StationHartshead Power StationHartshead Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated at Heyrod, Greater Manchester in North West England.- History :Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926 by the Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield...
(demolished) - High Marnham Power StationHigh Marnham Power StationHigh Marnham Power Station is a former coal-fired power station, currently undergoing demolition. It is located in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the River Trent, just south of the village of Dunham. It was the most southerly of three power stations which lined the River Trent, the others being...
(demolished except cooling towers) - Horden Power StationHorden Power StationHorden Colliery was a coal mine situated in Horden, near Peterlee in County Durham. It opened in 1900 and was closed on the 28 February 1987. Initially owned by Horden Collieries Ltd, it was handed oved to the National Coal Board in 1947 when the British coal industry was nationalised...
(demolished) - Howley Power Station - Warrington (demolished)
- Huncoat Power Station (demolished 1990 - except admin block)
- Ince A Power StationInce Power StationInce Power Station refers to a series of two demolished power stations, which were located on a site near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, North West England.-Ince A Power Station:...
(demolished) - Keadby Power StationKeadby Power StationKeadby Power Station is a 720MWe gas-fired power station near Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. It lies the B1392 and the River Trent, and the Scunthorpe-Grimsby railway...
(demolished) - Kearsley Power StationKearsley Power StationKearsley Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Stoneclough, near Kearsley, Greater Manchester, England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H.F.Parshall for The Lancashire Electric Power Company. The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising two British Thomson-Houston ...
(demolished) - Kingston Power Station, LondonKingston Power Station, LondonKingston Power Station was a coal-fired generating station on the Thames in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey . It ceased generating in 1980 and has been demolished.-History:...
(demolished) - Kirkstall Power StationKirkstall Power StationKirkstall power station was a coal fired unit opened in 1931, serving the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire.It was situated by the River Aire north west of Leeds and had its own wharf for delivery of coal via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal....
(demolished) - Lemington Power StationLemington Power StationLemington Power Station is a small, now defunct coal-fired power station, located in North East England. It is situated on the Lemington Gut, a backwater of the River Tyne, at Lemington, west of Newcastle upon Tyne...
- Little Barford Power StationLittle Barford Power StationLittle Barford Power Station is a 680MWe gas-fired power station just north of the village of Little Barford in Bedfordshire. It lies just south of the A428 St Neots bypass and east of the Wyboston Leisure Park. The River Great Ouse runs alongside.-History:It is built on the site of a former...
(demolished) - Littlebrook A, B and C Power StationsLittlebrook Power StationLittlebrook Power Station refers to a series of four oil and coal-fired power stations situated on the south bank of the River Thames, next to the Queen Elizabeth 2 Bridge and the Dartford Tunnel in Dartford, Kent.-Littlebrook A:...
(demolished) - Lots Road Power StationLots Road Power StationLots Road Power Station is a disused coal and later oil-fired power station on the River Thames at Lots Road in Chelsea, London in the south-west of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which supplied electricity to the London Underground system...
- Manors Power StationManors Power StationManors Power Station or the Tramways Generating Station is a former coal-fired power station located in the Manors district of the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear in North East England...
- Marchwood Power Station (demolished)
- Meaford Power StationMeaford Power StationMeaford Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the River Trent at Meaford near Stone in Staffordshire.-Meaford A:Work began on the new power station in 1945, and was completed in 1948. The station was to later be known as Meaford A power station...
(demolished) - Mexborough Power StationMexborough Power StationMexborough Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the bank of the River Don on the border of Mexborough and Denaby, adjoining Doncaster Road....
(demolished) - Neasden Power StationNeasden Power StationNeasden Power Station was a coal-fired power station built by the Metropolitan Railway for their electrification project. It was opened in December 1904...
(demolished) - Neepsend Power Station (demolished)
- Neptune Bank Power StationNeptune Bank Power StationNeptune Bank Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the River Tyne at Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne. Commissioned in 1901 by the Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company, the station was the first in the world to provide electricity for purposes other than domestic and...
(demolished) - North Tees Power StationNorth Tees Power StationNorth Tees Power Station refers to a series of three coal-fired power stations on the River Tees at Billingham in County Durham. Overall, they operated from 1921 until 1983, and the C station, the last on the site, was demolished in 1987...
(demolished) - Northampton Power StationNorthampton Power StationNorthampton Power Station was a electricity generating station in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, which began operation for the Northampton Electric Light and Power Company in the 1920s and generated power until closure in 1975.-Location:The plant was located on the south bank of the...
also known as Nunn Mills Power Station (Cooling towers demolished; generating hall still standing derelict 2010) - Norwich Power Station (demolished)
- Padiham Power StationPadiham Power StationPadiham Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Padiham, east Lancashire, England, which began operation in 1926 and generated power from 1927 till it was closed in 1993.-Location:...
(demolished 1993 - site re-used for business estate and electricity distribution) - Philadelphia Power StationPhiladelphia Power StationPhiladelphia Power Station is a defunct coal-fired power station situated between the villages of Philadelphia and Newbottle, north of Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear, North East England.-History:...
- Portishead A and B Power StationsPortishead power stationPortishead Power Station refers to a series of two coal and oil-fired power stations. They were built in the dock area of Portishead in Somerset, South West England....
(demolished) - Portsmouth power station (demolished, housing, coal dock became Gunwharf IOW Ferry Terminal)
- Radcliffe Power StationRadcliffe Power StationRadcliffe Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England.-History:The station was opened on 9 October 1905 by the Earl of Derby. It generated electricity using two 1.5 megawatt turbo generating sets made by British Thomson-Houston...
(demolished) - Richborough Power StationRichborough Power StationRichborough Power Station is a former power station close to the mouth of the River Stour near Sandwich, on the east coast of Kent. It was built on land within the Port of Richborough but being on the northern edge is mostly within the neighbouring parish of Minster, Kent.The power station can be...
- Roosecote Power StationRoosecote Power StationRoosecote Power Station is a gas-fired and former coal-fired power station, situated in the Roosecote district of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North West England. The current gas-fired station was the first CCGT power station to supply electricity to the United Kingdom's National Grid.-Coal-fired...
(demolished except now converted turbine hall) - Rotherham power stationRotherham Power StationRotherham power station was a coal-fired power station sited close to the centre of Rotherham in South Yorkshire....
(demolished) - Rugeley A Power StationRugeley Power StationThe Rugeley power stations are a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in...
(demolished) - Rye House Power StationRye House Power StationRye House Power Station is a 715MW combined cycle gas turbine power station close to Rye House railway station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.-History:...
(demolished) - Skelton Grange Power Station (demolished)
- Slough Heat and PowerSlough Trading EstateThe Slough Trading Estate founded in Slough, Berkshire in 1920, was an early business park in the United Kingdom. According to the estate's owners and operators, SEGRO , Slough Trading Estate consists of of commercial property in Slough and provides of accommodation to 500 businesses and has...
(no-longer fires coal) - Spa Road Power Station (demolished)
- Spondon Power Station (demolished)
- Staythorpe Power StationStaythorpe Power StationStaythorpe C Power Station is a 1,700 MWe gas-fired power station between Southwell and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, between the River Trent and Nottingham to Lincoln Line. It opened in 2010.-History:...
(demolished) - Stella power stations (demolished)
- Stepney Power StationStepney Power StationStepney Power Station was a small coal-fired power station situated by the Thames on the north side of Narrow Street, Limehouse, London.-History:...
(demolished) - Stuart Street Power StationStuart Street Power StationStuart Street Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated at Bradford, Greater Manchester in North West England.-History:The station was built in 1900, and was fitted with generating equipment from companies including Babcock and Wilcox, Yates and Thom, and the Electrical Co. Ltd...
(demolished) - Sunderland Power StationSunderland Power StationSunderland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the bank of the River Wear, in the city centre of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The station operated into the 1970s, but in October 1975, the Central Electricity Generating Board gave 12 months notification of...
(demolished) - Taylors Lane Power StationTaylors Lane Power StationTaylor's Lane Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine station, situated in Willesden, north-west London.-History:The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. in 1904. Capacity rose from 300 KW...
- Thornhill Power Station (demolished)
- Thorpe Marsh Power StationThorpe Marsh Power StationThorpe Marsh Power Station was a 1 Gigawatt coal-fired power station near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.- History :Construction of the station began in 1959, it being built as a prototype for all the large modern power stations in the UK. It was commissioned between 1963 and 1965...
(demolished except cooling towers) - Trafford Power Station (demolished)
- Wakefield Power StationWakefield power stationWakefield power station was a coal fired power station serving the town of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.The power station consisted of two units, A and B. What became Wakefield A was constructed before World War II. Wakefield B was constructed between 1955 and 1957. It generated 224MW and was closed...
(demolished) - West Ham Power StationWest Ham Power StationWest Ham Power Station was a coal-fired power station on Bow Creek at Canning Town, in east London. It was often referred to informally as Canning Town Power Station.-History:...
(or Canning Town Power Station) (demolished) - West Thurrock Power StationWest Thurrock Power StationWest Thurrock Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the River Thames at Stone Ness, West Thurrock in Essex. The station was close to the northern end of the 380kV Thames Crossing of the National Grid.- History :...
(demolished) - Whitebirk Power Station (demolished)
- Wilford Power StationWilford Power StationWilford Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the north bank of the River Trent, at Nottingham in the East Midlands. The station was demolished during the 1980s and the site has since been redeveloped and is now the Riverside Retail Park....
(demolished) - Willington Power Station (demolished except cooling towers)
- Woolwich Power StationWoolwich Power StationWoolwich Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the south bank of the Thames at Woolwich.The first station was opened at the site in 1893 by the Woolwich District Electric Lighting Company adapted from boat repair shops, and subsequently taken over by the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich...
(demolished)
Proposed or under construction
- Kingsnorth power stationKingsnorth power stationKingsnorth is a dual-fired coal and oil power station on the Hoo Peninsula at Medway in Kent, South East England. The four-unit station is owned and operated by energy firm E.ON UK, and has a generating capacity of 1,940 megawatts. It is capable of operating on either coal or oil though in practice...
1940MW, proposed - Hatfield power station 900MW (IGCC/gas), planning approved February 2009
Gas-fired
Gas-fired power stationsNatural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
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Note there are various definitions of generating capacity which will result in variation between the different sources.
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- Barking Reach power station 1000MW (currently being extended by 470MW)
- Blackburn Mill 60MW
- Bridgewater power station 10MW
- Burghfield power station 45MW
- Chickerell power station 45MW
- Chippenham power station 10MW
- Corby Power StationCorby Power StationCorby Power Station is a 350 MWe gas-fired power station on Mitchell Road off Phoenix Parkway in the north-east of Corby in Northamptonshire...
401MW - Coryton Power StationCoryton Power StationCoryton Power Station is a 732 MW gas-fired power station named after the nearby Petroplus Coryton Refinery in Thurrock.-History:The site is run by Coryton Energy Ltd. It opened in 2002 and was built by Bechtel, is owned by Intergen, based in Burlington, Essex, and cost...
732MW - Cottam Development Centre 400MW
- Damhead Creek power stationDamhead Creek power stationDamhead Creek power station is a 792 MWe gas-fired power station in Kent, England on the Hoo Peninsula.-History:The plant was commissioned by Entergy, an American power firm, and built by Raytheon Engineers and Constructor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, who provided the gas turbine...
792MW, plans being drawn up for 1000MW extension - Derwent Power StationDerwent Power StationDerwent Power Station is a 214MWe gas-fired power station on Holme Lane near Spondon in Derby, England. It is built on the site of the former Spondon Power Station-History:...
214MW, CHP - Didcot B Power Station 1390MW
- Enfield Power StationEnfield Power StationEnfield Power Station is a 408 MW gas-fired station, opened on part of the original Brimsdown Power Station site on at Brimsdown in the North London Borough of Enfield...
392MW - Fellside Power Station 180MW, CHP
- Glanford Brigg Power StationGlanford Brigg Power StationGlanford Brigg Power Station is a gas-fired power station in North Lincolnshire, England. It is capable of firing diesel as a substitute of natural gas. It is situated on the River Ancholme, beside the Sheffield to Lincoln Line, outside the town of Brigg, with its name coming from the former name...
268MW - Great Yarmouth Power StationGreat Yarmouth Power StationGreat Yarmouth Power Station is Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power station on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk with a maximum output of 420MW electricity, opened in 2001. It is built on the site of an oil-fired power station, built in 1958 and closed and demolished in the 1990s...
420MW - Immingham Power StationImmingham Power StationImmingham Combined Heat and Power Plant is a gas-fired CHP power station in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber, north of the town of Immingham, from which it takes its name. Its generating capacity of 730 megawatts makes it Europe's largest CHP plant...
730MW, currently being expanded to 1180MW, CHP - Keadby Power StationKeadby Power StationKeadby Power Station is a 720MWe gas-fired power station near Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. It lies the B1392 and the River Trent, and the Scunthorpe-Grimsby railway...
745MW - Killingholme Power StationKillingholme Power StationKillingholme Power Station is the name given to two CCGT natural gas power stations near to East Halton and North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire; Killigholme B opened in 1993 and is owned by E.ON UK and Killingholme A opened in 1994 and is owned by Centrica.-900 MW plant:The E.ON UK...
665MW, CentricaCentricaCentrica plc is a multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America. Centrica is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names "Scottish Gas" in... - Killingholme Power StationKillingholme Power StationKillingholme Power Station is the name given to two CCGT natural gas power stations near to East Halton and North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire; Killigholme B opened in 1993 and is owned by E.ON UK and Killingholme A opened in 1994 and is owned by Centrica.-900 MW plant:The E.ON UK...
900MW, E.ONE.ON UKE.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of... - Kings Lynn Power StationKings Lynn Power StationKing's Lynn Power Station is a Combined Cycle Gas power power station near King's Lynn in Norfolk owed by Centrica Energy which employs 40 people and can generate 325 MW of electricity.-History:...
340MW, permission granted to extend by 1020MW - Little Barford Power StationLittle Barford Power StationLittle Barford Power Station is a 680MWe gas-fired power station just north of the village of Little Barford in Bedfordshire. It lies just south of the A428 St Neots bypass and east of the Wyboston Leisure Park. The River Great Ouse runs alongside.-History:It is built on the site of a former...
665MW - Langage Power StationLangage Power StationLangage Power Station is to be constructed near the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.Centrica, owners of the site, announced on 16 June 2006 that the natural gas fired power station was to be constructed on their behalf by Alstom. Section 36 consent was granted in 2000 and Reserved Matters were...
900 MW - Marchwood Power Station 840MW
- Medway Power StationMedway Power StationMedway Power Station is a 688 megawatts gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Medway next to the River Medway.- History :It is run by Scottish & Southern Energy under the name Medway Power Ltd. It was built by Marubeni , Tarmac and Kansas City-based Black & Veatch...
688MW - Peterborough Power StationPeterborough Power StationPeterborough Power Station is a 360MWe gas-fired power station at Eastern Industry, Fengate in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. It employs around forty people....
405MW - Rocksavage Power StationRocksavage Power StationRocksavage Power Station is a 800MWe gas-fired power station on Cow Hey Lane near Runcorn just off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and River Mersey, and near junction 12 of the M56.-History:...
748MW - Roosecote Power StationRoosecote Power StationRoosecote Power Station is a gas-fired and former coal-fired power station, situated in the Roosecote district of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North West England. The current gas-fired station was the first CCGT power station to supply electricity to the United Kingdom's National Grid.-Coal-fired...
229MW - Rye House Power StationRye House Power StationRye House Power Station is a 715MW combined cycle gas turbine power station close to Rye House railway station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.-History:...
715MW - Salt End power stationSalt EndSalt End or Saltend is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated on the north bank of the Humber just outside the Hull eastern boundary on the A1033 road....
1200MW - Seabank Power StationSeabank Power StationSeabank Power Station is a 1,145 MW gas-fired power station at Hallen Marsh in Bristol, England. It is situated beside the A403 road and Severn Estuary, just north of Avonmouth and south of Severn Beach, close to the boundary with South Gloucestershire...
1145MW - Seal Sands Power StationSeal Sands Power StationSeal Sands Power Station is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England....
50MW - Sevington power station 10MW
- Shoreham Power StationShoreham Power StationShoreham Power Station is a 400MWe combined cycle gas-fired power station in Southwick, West Sussex. It was built on the site of the Brighton A & B Power Stations. Predating these stations, town of Brighton has a long history of electrical supply....
400MW - Solutia power station 10MW
- South Humber Bank Power StationSouth Humber Bank Power StationSouth Humber Bank Power Station is a 1260MW gas-fired power station on South Marsh Road at Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire of Healing and the A180 near the South Marsh Road Industrial Estate....
1285MW - Spalding Power StationSpalding Power StationSpalding Power Station is an 860MW gas-fired power station one mile north of Spalding on West Marsh Road to the River Welland. The current site provides enough electricity for one million households.-History:...
860MW - Staythorpe Power StationStaythorpe Power StationStaythorpe C Power Station is a 1,700 MWe gas-fired power station between Southwell and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, between the River Trent and Nottingham to Lincoln Line. It opened in 2010.-History:...
1650MW, - Sutton Bridge Power StationSutton Bridge Power StationSutton Bridge Power Station is a 790 MW gas-fired power station in Sutton Bridge in the south-east of Lincolnshire in South Holland, England. It is on Centenary Way to the River Nene.-History:...
800MW, proposed extenstion of 1260MW - Taylors Lane Power StationTaylors Lane Power StationTaylor's Lane Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine station, situated in Willesden, north-west London.-History:The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. in 1904. Capacity rose from 300 KW...
132 MW - Teesside Power StationTeesside power stationTeesside Power Station is a partially mothballed gas-fired power station, in Redcar & Cleveland, England. Situated near the Wilton chemical complex, the station has combined cycle gas turbines and open cycle gas turbines , however in 2011 the operation of the CCGT part of the station was suspended...
1875MW - Thornhill Power Station 50MW
- Weston Point CHP
- Wheldale power station 8MW, mine gas
- Winnington Power Station 130MW, CHP
In the UK there is also:
- 856MW of landfill gasLandfill gasLandfill gas is a complex mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill.-Production:Landfill gas production results from chemical reactions and microbes acting upon the waste as the putrescible materials begins to break down in the landfill...
plant - 123MW of sewer gasSewer gasSewer gas is a complex mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes, typical components of Sewage....
plant - 1921MW of CHP not listed above using various fuels
- 1328MW of other autogenerators
Proposed or under construction
- Carrington Power StationCarrington Power StationCarrington Power Station refers to a now demolished coal-fired power station, built at the meeting of the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey in Trafford, Greater Manchester in North West England...
860MW approved (also referred to as Partington) - Drakelow Power StationDrakelow Power StationDrakelow Power Station refers to a series of three now demolished coal-fired power stations located south of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Trent. However, the station was actually located in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands...
1220MW, planning approved - Grain Power StationGrain Power StationGrain Power Station is an oil-fired and CCGT power station in Kent, England with operational capacity of 1,320MW owned by E.ON UK.-History:Grain was built on a site for the nationalised Central Electricity Generating Board. It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company beginning in 1975. It opened...
1275MW, CHP, under construction
- Thor Cogeneration Power StationThor Cogeneration Power StationThor Cogeneration is a planned gas-fired cogeneration plant, which is to be built on Seal Sands near Billingham, in County Durham, North East England.-Development:...
1020MW, planning approved - West Burton Power StationWest Burton Power StationThe West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough, in Nottinghamshire, England, located between Bole to the north and Sturton le Steeple to the south. One is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle...
1270MW, planning approved
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- Fawley Power StationFawley Power StationFawley Power Station is an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire...
968MW, RWENpower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
(to close by end 2015) - Grain Power StationGrain Power StationGrain Power Station is an oil-fired and CCGT power station in Kent, England with operational capacity of 1,320MW owned by E.ON UK.-History:Grain was built on a site for the nationalised Central Electricity Generating Board. It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company beginning in 1975. It opened...
1300MW, E.OnE.ON UKE.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...
(to close by end 2015) - Littlebrook D Power Station 2055MW, RWENpower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
(to close by end 2015)
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- Bankside Power StationBankside Power StationBankside Power Station is a former oil-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in the Bankside district of London. It generated electricity from 1952 to 1981. Since 2000 the station's building has been used to house the Tate Modern art museum.-History:The station was...
- Belvedere Power StationBelvedere Power StationBelvedere Power Station was an oil-burning power station on the Thames at Belvedere, south east London. When built the site was in Kent, later in Greater London....
(demolished) - Ince Power StationInce Power StationInce Power Station refers to a series of two demolished power stations, which were located on a site near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, North West England.-Ince A Power Station:...
(demolished) - Littlebrook A, B and C Power Stations (demolished)
- Portishead B Power StationPortishead power stationPortishead Power Station refers to a series of two coal and oil-fired power stations. They were built in the dock area of Portishead in Somerset, South West England....
- Richborough Power StationRichborough Power StationRichborough Power Station is a former power station close to the mouth of the River Stour near Sandwich, on the east coast of Kent. It was built on land within the Port of Richborough but being on the northern edge is mostly within the neighbouring parish of Minster, Kent.The power station can be...
- Tilbury A Power StationTilbury Power StationThe Tilbury power stations refer to a series of two power stations on the north bank of the River Thames at Tilbury, in Essex, England. The 1,428 MW Tilbury B Power Station has operated since 1967 and fires coal, as well as co-firing oil and biomass. The former oil-fired 360 megawatts ...
(demolished)
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- Cowes Power StationCowes Power StationCowes power station is a 140MW open cycle, gas turbine station powered by two 70mw units. The station is the Isle of Wight's only power generation source other than power from the mainland. The station was built in 1982 at a cost of £30 million. The station is owned and operated by RWE npower...
- Croydon Gas Power StationCroydon Power StationThe Croydon power stations refers to a pair of demolished coal-fired power stations and to a gas-fired power station in the Purley Way area of Croydon, London. The coal-fired stations operated from 1896 until 1984, and the gas-fired station opened in 1999...
- Norwich Power Station
- Taylors Lane Power StationTaylors Lane Power StationTaylor's Lane Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine station, situated in Willesden, north-west London.-History:The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. in 1904. Capacity rose from 300 KW...
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- Bulls Bridge Power StationBulls Bridge Power StationBulls Bridge Power Station was an open cycle gas turbine power station at Bull's Bridge, Hayes in west London.-History:The station was built, owned and operated by the CEGB as a stand alone open cycle GT Station in the mid-1970s but was mothballed, sometime later...
(closed) - Hastings Power StationHastings Power StationHastings Power Station was a gas turbine power station situated in Hastings in East Sussex, South East England. Completed in 1966, the station had two 55-megawatt gas turbine generating sets...
(closed) - Letchworth Power Station (closed)
- Rye House Power StationRye House Power StationRye House Power Station is a 715MW combined cycle gas turbine power station close to Rye House railway station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.-History:...
(closed) - Watford Power Station (closed)
Wind power
This is maintained between these two listsTidal power
Tidal power generating facilitiesTidal power
Tidal power, also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into useful forms of power - mainly electricity....
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- Severn BarrageSevern BarrageThe Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary have existed since the 19th century. The building of such a barrage would be a huge engineering feat,...
(proposed) - Wave hubWave hubThe Wave Hub is a wave power research project. The project is developed approximately off Hayle, on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hub is a 'socket' sitting on the seabed for wave energy converters to be plugged into; it will have connections to it from arrays of four kinds of...
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Hydroelectric power
- Back Barrow Hydro 0.325 MW
- Beeston, Nottinghamshire 1.66 MW, currently the largest Run of River Hydroelectric plant in England.
- Belper North Mill Belper North MillBelper North Mill, also known as Strutt's North Mill, Belper, is one of the Derwent Valley Mills designated UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2001.It is sited in Belper, a town in Derbyshire, England roughly half way between Derby and Matlock....
350kW - Biddulph Park 3kW
- BorrowashBorrowashBorrowash is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, situated immediately east of the Derby city boundary.-Amenities:In the village there is a Co-operative supermarket, which is located amongst a number of shops including a butcher, a building society agency, an insurance...
Mill, 0.179 MW - BrignallBrignallBrignall is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April...
Mill 3kW - Burton Mill, 0.068 MW
- Cotton Valley Sewage Works 15kW
- CuckneyCuckneyCuckney is a small village in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, between Worksop and Market Warsop.The A60 road connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckney Hill.-History:...
School, Nottinghamshire 7kW - Delank Quarry 0.3 MW
- Earthbalance Centre 7kW
- Gants MillGants MillGants Mill is a watermill on the River Brue in Pitcombe near Bruton, Somerset, England.Much of the current mill was built in 1810 but includes parts of the 18th century building and possibly some material from earlier mills, as there has been a mill on the same site since about 1290 which was...
SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
12kW - Glen Lyn Gorge 0.3 MW
- Guildford Mill 40kW
- Hamlyn Mill 7kW
- Houghton Mill 16kW
- Itteringham Mill 4kW
- Kielder WaterKielder WaterKielder Water is a large artificial reservoir in Northumberland in North East England. It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, the largest human-made woodland in Europe. It was planned in the late 1960s to satisfy an expected rise...
12 MW, England's largest hydroelectric plant. - Lynmouth Hydro 0.305 MW
- Marlingford Mill 12kW
- Marsh Mill 6kW
- Masson MillMasson MillSir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill situated on the west bank of the River Derwent in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire in England. This mill was built in 1783 and is sited close to the house Richard Arkwright built for himself within the parish of Matlock...
, River Derwent, DerbyshireRiver Derwent, DerbyshireThe Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is 66 miles long and is a tributary of the River Trent which it joins south of Derby. For half its course, the river flows through the Peak District....
260kW - Milford Mill 180kW
- Old Walls Hydro, Dartmoor, 0.076 MW
- Oswestry, Llanfordda, 0.363 MW
- Oldcotes Mill 3kW
- Ponts Mill Hydro Scheme 0.2 MW
- River Dart Country Park, Dartmoor, 0.048 MW
- Sonning Mill 16kW
- St. Blazey, 0.2 MW
- Sturston Mill 1.5kW
- Talamh Life Centre 4kW
- Tellisford Mill, Somerset, part of the Mendip Power GroupMendip Power GroupThe Mendip Power Group is a group of owners installing micro-hydroelectric turbines in a number of historic former watermills in the Mendip area of Somerset, England...
75kW - Trecarrell Mill Hydro Scheme, 0.03 MW
- Trelubbas Hydro Scheme, 0.175 MW