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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3782 power plants totalling 116,418 MW and 198,599 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,261 MW 184
wind 36,580 MW 712
solar 12,994 MW 2006
battery 9,809 MW 192
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,124 MW 116
hydro 4,515 MW 219
waste 1,511 MW 70
biogas 584 MW 167
oil 318 MW 10
diesel 262 MW 19
[unspecified] 259 MW 65
landfill_gas 7.95 MW 5
tidal 6.30 MW 3
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
Mine Gas 4.00 MW 1
geothermal 3.00 MW 2
methane 2.90 MW 1
biofuel 1
minewater 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
waste_heat 1
wastewater 1
All 116,418 MW 3782

If multiple sources are listed for a power plant, only the first source is used in this breakdown.

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Power Lines
Voltage Length Percentage
0 V – 9 kV 801 km 0.4%
10 kV – 24 kV 59,724 km 30.1%
25 kV – 51 kV 31,580 km 15.9%
52 kV – 131 kV 6,518 km 3.3%
132 kV – 219 kV 14,320 km 7.2%
220 kV – 329 kV 6,371 km 3.2%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,565 km 3.8%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 71,721 km 36.1%
Total 198,599 km 100.0%

Stats updated 2026-11-02