Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Severn Power Ltd
Severn Power Ltd is a gas power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 850 MW of capacity, owned by Calon Energy.
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 | Newport (coordinates), Wales | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Wales | 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 | 2010 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Calon 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 | 850 MW | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (CCGT) | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5482, -2.9726 | 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 Severn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severn Power Ltd | asset:dukes:gas-000377 | DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom | — |
| Severn Power | asset:neso-tec:pro-000205 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Severn Power Ltd is the 5th-largest of 451 power plants in Wales and the 47th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 850 MW is 0.42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 5th of 451 | 16,665 MW | 5.1% |
| United Kingdom | 47th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.42% |
| All power plants in our data | 628th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 35 km |
Owner and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Calon Energy
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Other power plants in Wales
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.