Power plant · Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom
Seabank Power Ltd
Seabank Power Ltd is a gas power plant in Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom, with 1,205 MW of capacity, owned by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Ltd and SSE Group.
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 | Bristol, City of (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 | 2000 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Cheung Kong Infrastructure Ltd (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 |
| Owner | SSE Group (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 | 1,205 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 | 51.5396, -2.6673 | 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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2 sources record Seabank Power Ltd; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seabank Power Ltd | asset:dukes:gas-000197 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Seabank | asset:neso-tec:pro-000052 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Seabank Power Ltd is the 17th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 22nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,205 MW is 0.6% 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 | 17th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.9% |
| United Kingdom | 22nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.6% |
| All power plants in our data | 353rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 74 grid connections (44 operating, 609 MW), 29 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 14 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 33 km |
Owners and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
- Seabank grid connection1,234 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.