Power plant · Brent, England, United Kingdom
Taylors Lane Power Station
Taylors Lane Power Station is a power plant in Brent, England, United Kingdom, with 144 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 | Brent (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 | 1979 | 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 | 144 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 | 51.5464, -0.2543 | 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 researchHow it compares
Taylors Lane is the 123rd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 184th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 144 MW is <0.1% 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 | 123rd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 184th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,137th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 156 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 128 substations, 47 grid connections (28 operating, 310 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willesden GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Options Park Royal Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Acton Lane BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Canal Bank 11kV Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Vantage LHR2 | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Colt London West | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Brentford F C Training Ground 100 grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 12 km |
Owner and place
More from Uniper
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- Grain1,404 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Connah’s Quay Low Carbon Power Project1,380 MW · planned
- Killingholme619 MW
- Cottam Development Centre445 MW
- Enfield408 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.
- 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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