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DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom
Every power station of the Major Power Producers operational at the end of May: company, site, technology and fuel, installed capacity, grid connection type, region, postcode, British National Grid coordinates, year commissioned and DESNZ site code; the thermal capacity opened, closed, mothballed or converted since 2010 by year; and the lists of earlier years back to 2004. Collected: fossil, nuclear, bioenergy and pumped storage stations, and the closures (GB). Rare Context republishes 834 facts from DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom under Open Government Licence v3.0, linked to owners and places.
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| Publisher's page | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes |
| Licence | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Credit | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Licence terms | Open Government Licence v3.0: GOV.UK states "All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated" and the DUKES chapter 5 publication states no exception (checked 2026-10-24). Attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0" (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Digest of UK Energy Statistics). DESNZ notes that geographical and connection information is published as supplied by the generators. |
| Coverage | GB |
| Access | Yearly Excel attachment on GOV.UK (DUKES chapter 5, table 5.11), resolved through the GOV.UK content API |
| Refresh | Annual |
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| File | Records | Updated | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| power_stations.jsonl | 1,126 | 24 Oct 2026 | 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Power plants121
Power plants
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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