List of power stations in England

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Note that the DECC maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations here.

This is a list of the electricity-generating power stations in England, sorted by type and name.

Contents

[edit] Biofuels

Biofuel (or biomass) power stations:

Dedicated biomass:

Station Output Fuel Operator
Ely power station 38MW straw/gas EPR
Eye power station 12.7MW animal waste derived fuel EPR
Glanford power station 13MW meat and bone meal EPR
Thetford power station 39MW poultry litter EPR
Wilton 10 30MW Wood SembCorp

Proposed biomass:

The following plants can co-fire coal and biofuels:

[edit] Nuclear power stations

Main article: Nuclear power in the United Kingdom

Nuclear power stations:

[edit] Open

oldbury power station

[edit] Closed

[edit] Proposed

[edit] Coal-fired

Coal-fired power stations:

[edit] Open

[edit] Closed

[edit] Proposed or under construction

[edit] Gas-fired

Gas-fired power stations:

Note there are various definitions of generating capacity which will result in variation between the different sources.

[edit] Open

In the UK there is also:

  • 856MW of landfill gas plant
  • 123MW of sewer gas plant
  • 1921MW of CHP not listed above using various fuels
  • 1328MW of other autogenerators

[edit] Proposed or under construction

[edit] Oil-fired

Oil-fired power stations:

[edit] Open

[edit] Closed

[edit] Open cycle gas turbines

Gas turbine power stations:

[edit] Open

[edit] Closed

[edit] Wind power

This is maintained between these two lists

[edit] Tidal power

Tidal power generating facilities:

[edit] 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 350kW
  • Biddulph Park 3kW
  • Borrowash Mill, 0.179 MW
  • Brignall Mill 3kW
  • Burton Mill, 0.068 MW
  • Cotton Valley Sewage Works 15kW
  • Cuckney School, Nottinghamshire 7kW
  • Delank Quarry 0.3 MW
  • Earthbalance Centre 7kW
  • Gants Mill Somerset 12kW
  • Glen Lyn Gorge 0.3 MW
  • Guildford Mill 40kW
  • Hamlyn Mill 7kW
  • Houghton Mill 16kW
  • Itteringham Mill 4kW
  • Kielder Water 12 MW, England's largest hydroelectric plant.
  • Lynmouth Hydro 0.305 MW
  • Marlingford Mill 12kW
  • Marsh Mill 6kW
  • Masson Mill, River Derwent, Derbyshire 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 Group 75kW
  • Trecarrell Mill Hydro Scheme, 0.03 MW
  • Trelubbas Hydro Scheme, 0.175 MW

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Public offers support to Trafford renewable energy plant, 5 August 2010, http://www.peelenergy.co.uk/public-offers-support-to-trafford-renewable-energy-, retrieved 6 September 2010 
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