Power plant · West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Burghfield Power Station
Burghfield Power Station is a gas power plant in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, owned by SSE Group.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | West Berkshire (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1998 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SSE Group (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (open cycle) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3924, -1.0365 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Burghfield is the 257th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 474th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 257th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 474th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,660th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 240 substations, 201 grid connections (101 operating, 1,073 MW) and 82 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghfield grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| James Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Bloomfield Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Trash Green Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Green Park Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Burghfield (Main) BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
Owner and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.