Power plant · Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Carrington Power Power Station
Carrington Power Power Station is a gas power plant in Trafford, England, United Kingdom, with 884 MW of capacity, owned by ESB Limited.
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 | Trafford (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | ESB Limited (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 | 884 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4343, -2.4007 | 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 researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Carrington Power; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington Power | asset:dukes:gas-000941 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Carrington Power Station | asset:neso-tec:pro-000092 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Carrington Power is the 21st-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 28th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 884 MW is 0.84% of the 105,383 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 | 21st of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | 1.2% |
| United Kingdom | 28th of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | 0.84% |
| All power plants in our data | 532nd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 362 substations, 356 grid connections (196 operating, 1,823 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Carrington BSP BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Carrington GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Manchester Road Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| NWGB Partington | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from ESB Limited
- High Netherfauld House Farm 1, Tower Road - Battery Energy Storage System503 MW · planned
- CoolkeeraghESB C30413 MW
- Corby407 MW
- Harker Moss - Battery Energy Storage System360 MW · permitted
- Stornoway Wind Farm (second resubmission)196 MW
- Y Bryn Wind Farm130 MW
- Glendye Estate104 MW · permitted
- Chleansaid Onshore Wind Farm96 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.