List of natural gas power stations in the United Kingdom

There are currently 32 active gas fired combined cycle power plants operating in the United Kingdom, which have a total generating capacity of 28.0GW.^[1]

Decline of gas for power in the United Kingdom[]

In 2016 gas fired power stations generated a total of 127 TWh of electricity. Generation has dropped to 119 TWh in 2017, 115 TWh in 2018, 114 TWh in 2019 and 95 TWh in 2020. The decline is largely due to the increase in renewable sources outweighing the decline of coal, and an overall reduction in demand.^[2]

List of active gas power stations[]

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Name	Location	Owner	Date Commissioned	Planned Closure Date	Total capacity (GW)	Notes	Image
Baglan Bay	Wales		2002		0.52	Calon energy went into administration in June 2020.[4]
Ballylumford C	Northern Ireland	AES	2003		0.62
Carrington	North West	ESB	2016		0.91
Connahs Quay	Wales	Uniper	1996		1.38	Fuelled by sour gas
Coolkeeragh	Northern Ireland	ESB	2004		0.41
Corby	East Midlands	ESB	1994		0.41
Coryton	East England	Intergen	2002		0.80
Cottam Development Centre	East Midlands	Uniper	1998		0.45
Damhead Creek	South East	Vitol	2000		0.81
Didcot B	South East	RWE npower	1998		1.45
Enfield	London	Uniper	1999		0.41
Grain CHP	South East	Uniper	2011		1.52
Great Yarmouth	East England	RWE npower	2001		0.42
Keadby	Yorkshire and Humber	SSE plc	1994		0.74
Langage	South West	EPUKi	2010		0.91
Little Barford	East England	RWE npower	1995		0.72
Marchwood	South East	Marchwood Power	2009		0.90
Medway	South East	SSE plc	1995		0.76
Pembroke B	Wales	RWE npower	2012		2.20
Peterhead	Scotland	SSE plc	1980		1.18
Rocksavage	North West	Intergen	1998		0.81
Rye House	East England	Vitol	1993		0.72
Saltend	Yorkshire and Humber	Energy Capital Partners	2000		1.20
Seabank	South West	Seabank Power	2000		1.23
Severn Power	Wales		2010	Mothballed 2020	0.85	Calon energy went into administration in June 2020.[4]
Shoreham	South East	Vitol	2000		0.42
South Humber Bank	Yorkshire and Humber	EPUKi	1997		1.37
Spalding	East Midlands	Intergen	2004		0.95
Staythorpe C	East Midlands	RWE npower	2010		1.77	Built on the site of two former CEGB coal-fired power stations, the 360 MW Staythorpe A and B[5]
Sutton Bridge	East Midlands		1999	Mothballed 2020	0.82	Calon energy went into administration in June 2020.[4]
VPI Immingham	Yorkshire and Humber	Vitol	2004		1.25
West Burton B	East Midlands	EDF Energy	2013		1.33

See also[]

• List of power stations in England
• List of power stations in Northern Ireland
• List of power stations in Scotland
• List of power stations in Wales
• List of active coal fired power stations in the United Kingdom

References[]