Power plant · New Forest, England, United Kingdom
Hythe Power Station
Hythe Power Station is a gas power plant in New Forest, England, United Kingdom, with 53 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 | New Forest (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 | 2005 | 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 | 53 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 | 50.8502, -1.3794 | 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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Hythe is the 252nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 453rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 53 MW is <0.1% 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 | 252nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 453rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,552nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 222 grid connections (126 operating, 1,128 MW), 184 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butts Ash Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Fawley Battery Energy Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Weston Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Langley Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Langley Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Waste 1.197 MW grid connection at Weston | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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