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Yorkshire electricity

Yorkshire is one of Great Britain's 14 distribution (DNO) licence areas. It hosts 176 operational stations totalling 12.1 GW - offshore wind sits outside every DNO area, so it is deliberately not counted here.

Stations
176
Capacity
12.1 GW
Fuel types
5

Right now (modelled): - · - renewable · regional intensity is a model, not a meter reading - see all regions on the map

Fleet by fuel

Biomass
52 · 3.1 GW
Gas
9 · 6.4 GW
Solar
46 · 248 MW
Storage
11 · 459 MW
Wind
58 · 1.9 GW

Largest stations in the region

#StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorCountry
12,580BioenergyPart of Drax GroupEngland
21,400Fossil FuelEPPDII LtdEngland
3
VPILive
1,252Fossil FuelVitolEngland
41,200Fossil FuelEnergy Capital PartnersEngland
5857WindRWE NpowerEngland
6840Fossil FuelSSE GroupEngland
7
KeadbyLive
732Fossil FuelSSE GroupEngland
8619Fossil FuelUniper UKEngland
9299Fossil FuelVitolEngland
10219WindRWE NpowerEngland