Power plant · Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom
Rye House Power Station
Rye House Power Station is a gas power plant in Broxbourne, England, United Kingdom, with 715 MW of capacity, owned by Vitol.
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 | Broxbourne (coordinates), England | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | 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 | 1993 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Vitol (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 | 715 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7631, 0.0119 | 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 Rye House; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye House | asset:dukes:gas-000138 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Rye House | asset:neso-tec:pro-000191 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Rye House is the 44th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 56th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 715 MW is 0.36% 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 | 44th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.53% |
| United Kingdom | 56th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.36% |
| All power plants in our data | 821st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 99 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 60 substations, 23 grid connections (13 operating, 103 MW), 1 AI supercomputer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 8.3 km |
| Google Datacentre Waltham Cross | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 18 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Canal Bank 6.6kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Vitol
- VPI1,252 MW
- Damhead Creek805 MW
- Shoreham420 MW
- VPI Immingham B299 MW
- Blackburn60 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.