Power plant · England, United Kingdom

Eggborough Power Station

Eggborough Power Station is a closed coal power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 1,960 MW of capacity, owned by Eggborough Power Limited.

Grid connection

It closed in 2018, which freed up a 1,960 MW grid connection, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United Kingdom

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	England	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1967	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2018	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Eggborough Power 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 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	1,960 MW (capacity before it closed)	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Coal	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Eggborough is the 6th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 8th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,960 MW is 0.98% 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	6th of 4,035	134,434 MW	1.5%
United Kingdom	8th of 5,834	200,500 MW	0.98%
All power plants in our data	124th of 15,800	1,923,633 MW	0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1967Started operating
2018Retired

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.
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.