Power plant · Adur, England, United Kingdom
Shoreham Power Station
Shoreham Power Station is a gas power plant in Adur, England, United Kingdom, with 420 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 | Adur (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 | 2000 | 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 | 420 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 | 50.8299, -0.2277 | 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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Shoreham is the 62nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 88th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 420 MW is 0.21% 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 | 62nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.31% |
| United Kingdom | 88th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.21% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,370th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 37 grid connections (25 operating, 133 MW), 23 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Binsted Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.98 MW | Operating | 27 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Binstead Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 12.2 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| Bilsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Solar 10 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Owner and place
More from Vitol
- VPI1,252 MW
- Damhead Creek805 MW
- Rye House715 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.
- 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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