Power plant · North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Corby Power Station
Corby Power Station is an idle gas power plant in North Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 407 MW of capacity, owned by ESB Limited.
Grid connection
It is idle (Mothballed September 2025), holding a 407 MW grid connection.
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 | North Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (mothballed september 2025) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1994 | 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 | 407 MW (capacity before it was mothballed) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | CCGT | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2940, -0.7014 | 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
Corby is the 47th-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 64th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 407 MW is 0.39% 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 | 47th of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | 0.56% |
| United Kingdom | 64th of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | 0.39% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,265th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 data centers, 3 grid connections (1 operating, 4.75 MW) and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| The Horizon Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Launton - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 50 km |
Owner and place
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- High Netherfauld House Farm 1, Tower Road - Battery Energy Storage System503 MW · planned
- CoolkeeraghESB C30413 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
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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