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Gas power in Great Britain

Gas-fired stations remain the grid's biggest flexible source - the fleet that ramps up when the wind drops and sets the wholesale price most hours.

Stations
49
Capacity
32.0 GW
Live feeds
29
transmission-metered

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Largest gas power stations

Full ranking
#StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorRegion
1
PembrokeLive
2,325Fossil FuelRWE NpowerSouth Wales
2
StaythorpeLive
1,828Fossil FuelRWE NpowerEast Midlands
3
Didcot BLive
1,490Fossil FuelRWE NpowerSouth England
4
GrainLive
1,404Fossil FuelUniper UKSouth East England
5
EP SHB LTDLive
1,400Fossil FuelEPPDII LtdYorkshire
6
Connahs QuayLive
1,380Fossil FuelUniper UKNorth Wales & Merseyside
7
West Burton CCGTLive
1,332Fossil FuelUK Transition LimitedEast Midlands
8
VPILive
1,252Fossil FuelVitolYorkshire
9
Seabank Power LtdLive
1,205Fossil FuelCo-owned by SSE Group and Cheung Kong Infrastructure LtdSouth West England
10
Saltend Power StationLive
1,200Fossil FuelEnergy Capital PartnersYorkshire
11
PeterheadLive
1,180Fossil FuelSSE GroupNorth Scotland
12
Spalding Energy Company LtdLive
950Fossil FuelIntergenEast Midlands
13
EP Langage LtdLive
905Fossil FuelEPUKiSouth West England
14
Marchwood PowerLive
898Fossil FuelMarchwood PowerSouth England
15
Carrington PowerLive
884Fossil FuelESBNorth West England
16
Severn Power LtdLive
850Fossil FuelCalon EnergySouth Wales
17
Keadby 2Live
840Fossil FuelSSE GroupYorkshire
18
SUTTON BRIDGE POWER GENERATIONLive
819Fossil FuelCalon EnergyEast Midlands
19
Rocksavage Power Company LtdLive
810Fossil FuelIntergenNorth Wales & Merseyside
20
Damhead CreekLive
805Fossil FuelVitolSouth East England

By country

Scotland 1 station · 1.2 GW

StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorRegion
PeterheadLive
1,180Fossil FuelSSE GroupNorth Scotland

Wales 3 stations · 4.6 GW

StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorRegion
Connahs QuayLive
1,380Fossil FuelUniper UKNorth Wales & Merseyside
PembrokeLive
2,325Fossil FuelRWE NpowerSouth Wales
Severn Power LtdLive
850Fossil FuelCalon EnergySouth Wales

Share of generation by year

  1. 200944.8%
  2. 201046.9%
  3. 201139.4%
  4. 201225.7%
  5. 201324.9%
  6. 201428.0%
  7. 201527.7%
  8. 201642.0%
  9. 201739.7%
  10. 201838.6%
  11. 201939.3%
  12. 202034.5%
  13. 202137.7%
  14. 202238.4%
  15. 202331.6%
  16. 202425.8%
  17. 202526.7%
  18. 202624.4% ytd

Yearly average share of GB generation, from NESO's historic half-hourly data. Explore any year in the history explorer.

Gas records

Peak gas
27.9 GW
2024-12-12

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