ATLAS · POWER PLANTS · UNITED KINGDOM
Power Plants in United Kingdom
United Kingdom has 2,751 power plants on the map, adding up to about 97 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is solar. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS2,751
TOTAL CAPACITY97 GW
MOST COMMON FUELSolar
By fuel
How United Kingdom’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Solar1,170 · 43% · 9 GW
Wind780 · 28% · 23 GW
Waste329 · 12% · 2 GW
Biomass226 · 8% · 2 GW
Hydro119 · 4% · 6 GW
Gas55 · 2% · 30 GW
Storage31 · 1% · 898 MW
Oil11 · 0% · 373 MW
Coal8 · 0% · 12 GW
Nuclear8 · 0% · 9 GW
Wave and Tidal7 · 0% · 38 MW
Cogeneration7 · 0% · 3 GW
Largest power plants in United Kingdom
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
2,180 MWPembrokeGas
2,012 MWWest BurtonCoal
2,008 MWCottamCoal
2,000 MWRatcliffeCoal
1,980 MWDraxCoal
1,960 MWEggboroughCoal
1,800 MWDinorwigHydro
1,772 MWStaythorpe CGas
1,728 MWDinorwigHydro
1,586 MWAberthaw BCoal
1,470 MWDidcot BGas
1,404 MWGrain CHPCogeneration