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 ⟩ Stats ⟩ United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has 3265 power plants totalling 102,319 MW and 158,535 km of power lines mapped on OpenStreetMap.

Power plants in the United Kingdom by source
Source Output Count
gas 37,594 MW 165
wind 30,909 MW 687
solar 9,827 MW 1694
nuclear 6,172 MW 4
biomass 6,079 MW 111
hydro 4,505 MW 181
battery 4,225 MW 105
waste 1,372 MW 67
biogas 605 MW 156
flywheel 400 MW 1
oil 318 MW 9
diesel 276 MW 19
unknown 20.00 MW 1
tidal 6.60 MW 3
liquid_air 5.00 MW 1
methane 2.90 MW 1
landfill_gas 2.00 MW 1
[unspecified] 55
biofuel 1
geothermal 1
waste_heat 1
abandoned_mine_methane 1
All 102,319 MW 3265

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 248 km 0.2%
10 kV – 24 kV 35,002 km 22.1%
25 kV – 51 kV 27,511 km 17.4%
52 kV – 131 kV 4,181 km 2.6%
132 kV – 219 kV 13,968 km 8.8%
220 kV – 329 kV 5,392 km 3.4%
330 kV – 549 kV 7,419 km 4.7%
550 kV – 0 m 0.0%
No voltage tagged 64,815 km 40.9%
Total 158,535 km 100.0%

Updated 2025-04-24