Power plant · England, United Kingdom
Killingholme Power Station
Killingholme Power Station is a gas power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 619 MW of capacity, owned by Uniper.
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 25 Oct 2026 NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1992 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Uniper (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 | 619 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 | 53.6626, -0.2318 | 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 researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Killingholme; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killingholme | asset:dukes:gas-000136 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Killingholme | asset:neso-tec:pro-000148 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Killingholme is the 52nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 67th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 619 MW is 0.31% 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 | 52nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.46% |
| United Kingdom | 67th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.31% |
| All power plants in our data | 971st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 234 grid connections (122 operating, 1,987 MW), 111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clough Lane | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Gas 39 MW grid connection at Lindsey Oil Refinery 1A_1B | Grid connection | 39 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Eastfield Road | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Humber Road | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Solar 3.2 MW grid connection at Queens Road | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Solar 3.988 MW grid connection at Queens Road | Grid connection | 3.99 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 20 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 48 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Uniper
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Grain1,404 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Connah’s Quay Low Carbon Power Project1,380 MW · planned
- Cottam Development Centre445 MW
- Enfield408 MW
- Taylors Lane144 MW
- Killingholme Power Station, Chase Hill Road - Hydrogen Production Facility120 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
- 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.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.