List of power stations in England
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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in England, sorted by type and name.
Note that the DBERR maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations here:[1]
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[edit] Biofuels
Biofuel power stations: the following plants can co-fire coal and biofuels:
- Didcot A Power Station
- Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
- Ferrybridge Power Station
- Glanford Power Station
- Tilbury Power Station 1038MW, RWE, coal/oil (to close by end 2015)
[edit] Nuclear power stations
- Dungeness B 1080MW (predicted closure 2018?)
- Hartlepool 1210MW (predicted closure 2014?)
- Heysham Stage 1 1200MW(predicted closure 2014?)
- Heysham Stage 2 1200MW(predicted closure 2023?)
- Hinkley Point B 1260MW (predicted closure 2011?)
- Hunterston B 1215 MW (scheduled to close in 2016)
- Oldbury 470MW (expected to close 2008)
- Sizewell B 1190MW (predicted closure 2035?)
- Berkeley (Closed)
- Bradwell (Closed)
- Chapelcross (Closed)
- Calder Hall (Closed)
- Dungeness A (Closed)
- Hinkley Point A (Closed)
- Hunterston A (Closed)
- Sellafield (Closed)
- Sizewell A
[edit] Coal-fired
Coal-fired power stations:
- Cottam Power Station 2008MW, EdF
- Didcot A Power Station 1958MW, RWE, coal/gas (to close by end 2015)
- Drax power station, Selby, Yorkshire, 3870MW
- Eggborough Power Station, 1960MW, BE
- Ferrybridge Power Station 1995MW, SSE, coal/biomass (units 1 and 2 to close by end 2015)
- Fiddlers Ferry Power Station 1961MW, SSE, coal/biomass
- Ironbridge Power Station 970MW, E.On (Sometimes referred to as Buildwas Power Station) (to close by end 2015)
- Kingsnorth power station 1940MW, E.On, coal/oil (station A to close by end 2015)
- Lynemouth Power Station, 420MW, Alcan
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 2000MW, E.On
- Rugeley Power Station 1006MW, IP
- West Burton power station 1972MW, EdF
- Bankside Power Station (closed)
- Barking A,B,C Power Stations (closed)
- Battersea Power Station (closed)
- Blyth Power Station (closed)
- Brimsdown Power Station (closed)
- Brunswick Wharf Power Station (closed)
- Carville Power Station (closed)
- Castle Donnington Power Station (Closed)
- Croydon A Power Station (closed)
- Deptford Power Station (closed)
- Doncaster Power Station (closed)
- Drakelow Power Station (closed)
- Dunston B power station (closed)
- Elland Power Station (closed)
- Fulham Power Station (closed)
- Greenwich Power Station (closed)
- High Marnham Power Station (closed)
- Lemington Power Station (closed)
- Lots Road Power Station (closed)
- Mexborough Power Station (closed)
- Neasden Power Station (closed)
- Portishead power station (closed)
- Stella Power Station (closed)
- Thorpe Marsh Power Station (closed)
- West Ham Power Station (closed) (sometimes referred to as Canning Town Power Station)
- West Thurrock Power Station (closed)
- Willington Power Station (closed)
[edit] Gas-fired
Gas fired power stations:
- Barking (Reach) power station (1000MW plus being extended by 470MW)
- Barry power station (245MW)
- Burghfield power station (45MW)
- Carrington power station (380MW approved, 480MW still proposed)
- Chickerell power station (45MW)
- Chippenham power station (10MW)
- Corby Power Station (401MW)
- Coryton Power Station (732MW)
- Cottam Development Centre (400MW)
- Croydon power station ?
- Damhead Creek power station (792MW)
- Derwent power station (236MW CHP)
- Didcot B Power Station (1390MW)
- Drakelow Power Station (1220MW Planning approved)
- Enfield Power Station (392MW)
- Fellside Power Station (180MW CHP)
- Glanford Brigg Power Station (268MW)
- Grain Power Station (1275MW under construction - CHP)
- Great Yarmouth Power Station (420MW)
- Immingham Power Station (expansion from 730MW to 1180MW under construction - CHP)
- Keadby Power Station (745MW)
- Killingholme Power Station (Centrica, 665MW)
- Killingholme Power Station (E.On, 900MW)
- Kings Lynn Power Station (340MW)
- Langage Power Station (890MW under construction)
- Little Barford Power Station (665MW)
- Marchwood power station (840MW under construction)
- Medway Power Station (688MW)
- Peterborough Power Station (405MW)
- Rocksavage power station (748MW)
- Roosecote Power Station (229MW)
- Rye House Power Station (715MW)
- Salt End power station (1200MW)
- Seabank 1 power station (812MW)
- Seabank 2 power station (410MW)
- Shoreham Power Station (400MW)
- Shotton Power Station (180MW CHP)
- South Humber Bank Power Station (1285MW)
- Spalding Power Station Spalding, Lincolnshire (860MW)
- Staythorpe Power Station (1650MW under construction)
- Sutton Bridge Power Station (800MW with proposed extenstion of 1260MW)
- Teesside power station (1875MW)
- Teesside CHP power station (800MW proposed CHP)
- Thor Cogeneration power station (1020MW proposed)
- West Burton Power Station (1270MW Planning Approved)
- Weston Point CHP (Runcorn, Cheshire) ?
- Wheldale power station (8MW - mines gas)
- Winnington Power Station (130MW CHP)
There is also
- 856MW of land fill gas plant
- 123MW of sewerage gas plant
- 1921MW of CHP not listed above using various fuels
- 1328MW of other autogenerators
in the UK.
Note there are various definitions of generating capacity which will result in variation between the different sources.
[edit] Oil-fired
Oil fired power stations:
- Fawley Power Station 968MW, RWE (to close by end 2015)
- Grain Power Station 1300MW, E.On (close by end 2015)
- Ince Power Station (closed)
- Littlebrook D power station 2055MW, RWE (D to close by end 2015) (A,B,C stations originally coal, converted to oil, since closed)
[edit] Open Cycle Gas Turbines
GT stations
- Bulls Bridge (closed)
- Croydon B (closed)
- Cowes
- Hastings (closed)
- Letchworth (closed)
- Norwich
- Rye House (closed)
- Taylors Lane
- Watford (closed)
[edit] Hydro-electric
Hydro-electric power stations:
[edit] Wind Power
Wind power generating facilities:
For current list see BWEA web site
[edit] Tidal Power
Tidal power generating facilities:
- Severn Barrage (proposed)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/14_06_06_powerstations.pdf
- http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file41999.pdf List of stations to close as they are opted out of LCPD
- http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file41816.pdf Table of Potential New Conventional Electricity Generating Plants in Great Britain November 2007.
- http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/source/electricity/page18527.html BERR list of power stations