Power plant · North East Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Grimsby Power Station
Grimsby Power Station is a gas power plant in North East Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, owned by RWE Generation.
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 East Lincolnshire (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 | 2018 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 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 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 53.5829, -0.0993 | 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.
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Grimsby is the 214th-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 345th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% 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 | 214th of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 345th of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,628th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 202 grid connections (105 operating, 1,725 MW), 99 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.9 MW grid connection at BTP | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Gas 20 MW grid connection at Tioxide 1/2 | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Grimsby CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| BTP | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Grimsby Docks | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Yarborough Road 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 32 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 38 km |
Owner and place
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Other power plants in England
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- 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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
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