Power plant · East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Torness Power Station
Torness Power Station is a nuclear power plant in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,200 MW of capacity, owned by EDF Energy.
Grid connection
It is due to retire in 2030, which frees up a 1,200 MW grid connection at 400 kV (Torness 400/132kV) to the grid of SP Transmission plc.
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 | East Lothian (coordinates), Scotland | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland | 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 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1988 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | EDF Energy (company that returns the dukes survey, usually the owner) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,200 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear (AGR) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned retirement | 2030 (due to generate until March 2030, owner's announced end of generation) | GB power station owners' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9696, -2.4070 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 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 Torness; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torness | asset:dukes:nuc-000132 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Torness | asset:neso-tec:pro-000146 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology, capacity and company |
How it compares
Torness is the 2nd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 23rd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2nd of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | 2.6% |
| United Kingdom | 23rd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.6% |
| All power plants in our data | 355th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
- Torness grid connection1,250 MW
More from EDF Energy
- Cottam2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Heysham 21,240 MW
- Sizewell B1,198 MW
- Hartlepool1,185 MW
- Dungeness B1,090 MW
- Heysham 11,060 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 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.
- GB power station owners' pages. GB power station owners' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.