Power plant · Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom

Great Yarmouth Power Station

Great Yarmouth Power Station is a gas power plant in Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom, with 420 MW of capacity, owned by RWE Generation.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Great Yarmouth (coordinates), England	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2001	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	RWE Generation (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	420 MW	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural gas (CCGT)	DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	52.5844, 1.7370	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

Great Yarmouth is the 62nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 88th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 420 MW is 0.21% 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	62nd of 4,035	134,434 MW	0.31%
United Kingdom	88th of 5,834	200,500 MW	0.21%
All power plants in our data	1,371st of 15,800	1,923,633 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Norwich to Tilbury	Transmission line	—	Planned	31 km
LionLink Interconnector	Transmission line	—	Planned	45 km

Owner and place

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Data on this page

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RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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