Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
VPI Power Station
VPI Power Station is a gas power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1,252 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 | North Lincolnshire (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 | 2004 | 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 | 1,252 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 | 53.6386, -0.2334 | 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
VPI is the 14th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 19th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,252 MW is 0.62% 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 | 14th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.93% |
| United Kingdom | 19th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.62% |
| All power plants in our data | 322nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 232 grid connections (122 operating, 1,987 MW), 109 substations, 3 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Road | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Gas 39 MW grid connection at Lindsey Oil Refinery 1A_1B | Grid connection | 39 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Eastfield Road | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Clough Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Oil 24 MW grid connection at Kings Road Generation | Grid connection | 24 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Gas 4 MW grid connection at Humber Road | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 22 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 46 km |
Owner and place
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.