Power plant · Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Little Barford GT Power Station
Little Barford GT Power Station is a power plant in Bedford, England, United Kingdom, with 17 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 | Bedford (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 | 2006 | 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 | 17 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Diesel/gas oil (open cycle) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1974, -0.2564 | 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.
How it compares
Little Barford GT is the 423rd-largest of 2,105 power plants in England and the 689th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 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 | 423rd of 2,105 | 72,593 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 689th of 2,942 | 105,383 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,147th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 251 grid connections (164 operating, 2,108 MW), 144 substations and 16 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ANM) Eaton Ford Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Little Barford 11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Little Barford 33kV | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Caldecote Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 22 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Eaton Socon | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Sandy Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| West Cambridge Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Starwood House | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Owner and place
More from RWE Generation
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Didcot B1,490 MW
- North Falls Offshore Wind Farm1,000 MW · permitted
- Stallingborough Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) generating plant and Carbon Capture Plant (CCP)900 MW · planned
- Little Barford735 MW
- Great Yarmouth420 MW
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.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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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